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Date:      Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:03:56 -0800
From:      Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Clay <crs.freebsd_mailinglist@users.nuaptools.com>
Subject:   Re: Can "/etc/rc.conf" be replaced with a symlink?
Message-ID:  <200502281803.56890.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
In-Reply-To: <00af01c51d94$c430b960$be00a8c0@crskayak>
References:  <006801c51d4b$c95e99a0$be00a8c0@crskayak> <20050228123758.GC1062@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <00af01c51d94$c430b960$be00a8c0@crskayak>

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On Monday 28 February 2005 04:55 am, "Clay" 
<crs.freebsd_mailinglist@users.nuaptools.com> wrote:
> I realized what the problem mostly likely was after submitting the
> question. I do believe that the mount point where I am wanting to
> have rc.conf located is not yet available when the file is read.  Is
> there a way to have this FS mounted prior to rc.conf being read? 
> Could I maybe place this mount point above the root in fstab?  I will
> give it try when I have time later today.

Perhaps there is a better solution that will eliminate the need to deal 
with this issue. You might consider writing a script that will backup 
the files you want, which you write once and use forever, or you can 
dump the root filesystem (for one) to a backup disk and/or a compressed 
file. This can be done on a regular basis with a cron job. I'm not sure 
what your specific needs are, but there are easier ways to do backups.

- jt



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