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From: Mike Shaw (mshaw_at_wwisp.com)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:28:17 CST

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    At 01:02 PM 11/1/2002 -0500, Tim Donahue wrote:
    >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

    I tried a setup like this while experimenting around with CF and bootable
    CDs. There aren't many ways to do it that aren't excessively kludgy.

    All you have to do to fix it is boot up with an install floppy into the
    shell and re-re-arrange.

    -Mike