Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:32:18 -0500 From: "Clay" <crs.freebsd_mailinglist@users.nuaptools.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can "/etc/rc.conf" be replaced with a symlink? Message-ID: <016601c51e06$eaf3a400$be00a8c0@crskayak> References: <006801c51d4b$c95e99a0$be00a8c0@crskayak> <20050228123758.GC1062@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <00af01c51d94$c430b960$be00a8c0@crskayak> <200502281803.56890.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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I could and may eventually write a script. I am putting together a media server for hosting my CD's as MP3's. I am wanting to move as many of system and app config files I change through this process to a location on my "data" partition so that I won't have to redo them in the event that I rebuild the root partition. Thanks, -Clay . . . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Joshua Tinnin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ; Clay Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Can "/etc/rc.conf" be replaced with a symlink? 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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