From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 17 10:41:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD1C7106564A for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:41:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyberleo@cyberleo.net) Received: from paka.cyberleo.net (paka.cyberleo.net [66.219.31.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6EA38FC0A for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.44.4] (den.cyberleo.net [66.253.36.39]) by paka.cyberleo.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8077728405; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:41:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4EEC71C5.7090701@cyberleo.net> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:41:09 -0600 From: CyberLeo Kitsana User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111204 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Devin Teske References: <4EE32BB6.3020105@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EE38454.3020307@otenet.gr> <4EE3D1F0.60500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4989a3ebb7810ed26951cbbd23b7645c.squirrel@webmail.dabus.com> <4EE6943E.40400@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <006a01ccb9b7$df4f1f40$9ded5dc0$@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <006a01ccb9b7$df4f1f40$9ded5dc0$@fisglobal.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, 'Da Rock' Subject: Re: 9.0 install and journaling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:41:11 -0000 On 12/13/2011 10:54 AM, Devin Teske wrote: > We're seeing in 8.1-RELEASE that "nodev" is an invalid option for NFS mounts > that causes your system to boot into single-user mode. Is this still the case in > 9.0-RC2/3 or has the option been re-added? "nodev" was a valid option in > 4.11-RELEASE, not sure why it was removed (and/or made invalid). Since the advent of devfs, device nodes no longer function anywhere other than a devfs-backed filesystem; so 'nodev' is, in a sense, the default. Try it yourself: ----8<---- amani# dd if=/dev/zero count=1 | hd 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes transferred in 0.000046 secs (11126858 bytes/sec) 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 00000200 amani# mknod zero c 0 26 amani# dd if=./zero count=1 | hd dd: ./zero: Inappropriate ioctl for device amani# ----8<---- -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/