> 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?

First question: yes, it is as bad an idea as it seems now. ;)

Second question: no, you're not totally screwed into doing a reinstall.

I forget if this can be fixed from single-user, so I'll give you the
other way. Take that nice install floppy you used and boot from it.
Select "shell" when prompted. Manually mount / and /etc (mkdir
/mount/root /mount/etc ; mount /dev/wd0a /mount/root ; mount
/dev/<etcdevice> /mount/etc) then make /mount/root/etc and copy all the
files from /mount/etc into it.

Hope this helps!

-Sunny Raspet

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