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Finding root devices is a much more sane thing now.

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[6] How to boot from a fla device ?
The FreeBSD kernel recognizes the root device using various
hacks. These hacks doesn't recognize the fla device so some
"real" hacks are needed to boot from your fla device.
FreeBSD 4.0 and forward find their root device by reading
the /etc/fstab, so the DiskOnChip devices will work just
like any other device.
In 4.0 current the easiest way is to configure your kernel with
the
options ROOTDEVNAME=\"fla0\"
Earlier FreeBSD kernels recognizes the root device using
various hacks. These hacks doesn't recognize the fla device
so some "real" hacks are needed to boot from your fla
device.
In older versions, specifying the boot device in the kernel
In pre 4.0 versions specifying the boot device in the kernel
config file this way is the easiest way to do it:
config kernel root on major 28 minor 65538