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Date:      Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:37:51 +0200
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net>, Jeff Fisher <jeff@jeffenstein.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is needed in /stand
Message-ID:  <20000403123751.B94441@mithrandr.moria.org>
In-Reply-To: <v04220814b50d4c7bd7cf@[194.78.233.215]>
References:  <20000401004437.A6904@evil.2y.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004011039040.41431-100000@localhost> <20000401135701.A11341@evil.2y.net> <v0422080ab50c1240f6d9@[194.78.233.215]> <38E686A2.BC52FBA3@math.missouri.edu> <v04220814b50d4c7bd7cf@[194.78.233.215]>

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On Sun 2000-04-02 (21:16), Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 5:30 PM -0600 2000/4/1, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> 
> >  What was the experience that taught you this lesson?  (I have always
> >  done this.)
> 
> 	Processes that need to make use of /tmp during the boot process, 
> but before /usr is mounted will bomb out.  This may keep the system 
> from booting, etc....

As has been previously mentioned, a "dummy" /usr/tmp on the root
filesystem usually handles this.

Not that I'm making any comment about the various merits of each
option.

Neil
-- 
Neil Blakey-Milner
nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za


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