Tim,

Yep, bad idea. The OS needs to access boot-time scripts on the root
filesystem, as they're executed before any other filesystems are mounted,
including your /etc.

To fix without reinstalling, you'd need to boot from CD, mount your root and
/etc filesystems, then copy everything from your mounted /etc to an /etc in
your root filesystem. If done correctly, then you should be able to use the
system again.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Donahue" <TDonahuehaynesconstruction.com>
To: <miscopenbsd.org>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:02 AM
Subject: /etc on separate partition
> I put /etc on a separate partition while I was doing a new install of 3.2,
> and now I can't boot.  The startup can't find any of the config files
> (/etc/login.conf and /etc/rc seem to be the ones that it is complaining
> about the most) in the /etc folder.  Is this as bad an idea as it is seems
> now, and more importatly, is there any way to fix this short of
> reinstalling?
>
> Thanks for you help
>
> Tim Donahue

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