just one very short question - from the install docs it seems that there is a
problem with booting from the b partition - is it because it doesnt start on
the beginning of the disk - or just because it is the second partition - if it
is the second then there would be a way to improve the miniroot install - just
make a disklabel like

* before a leave the space of the size of your miniroot free
* a miniroot size
* b swap size you wish-miniroot size
* all the other partitions as you like them

now you can install using the miniroot on the a partition (with the correct
amount of seeks then dd'ing it onto the disk) - then rewrite the disklabel as
you like it (as textfile after doing a disklabel disk) - reboot into single
user mode - relabel the disk using -R and the changed disklabel (with the new
final root partition named as something else than a) - newfs this new final
root partition - populate all the root stuff there - now the only problem is
to get the new root to the "a" name in the disklabel (maybe it's the same
problem as before) - is it possible to rewrite the disklabel includeing the a
partition of a disk while in single user ?

t

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  thomas graichen    graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de    graichen@FreeBSD.org

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