Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:51:48 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>, Freebsd Current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview #1 Now Available / diskless booting Message-ID: <20020423075148.I52794@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3CC539C3.6A1B0281@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:38:59AM -0700 References: <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> <E16ztee-0002kl-00@cs.huji.ac.il> <20020422234701.A52794@dragon.nuxi.com> <3CC539C3.6A1B0281@mindspring.com>
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:38:59AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > the 'original' solution is to make /etc writable is to mount a MD, then copy > > > all > > > /conf/default/etc to it. > > > > The very original "solution" was to mount NFS / RW. The move to > > /conf/default/etc was someone's special needs leaking into the FreeBSD > > repository. If you want to special case, things be my guest -- add an > > elif test; but leave RW NFS mounted / alone. > > This isn't just about NFS... it's also about Fash devices, which > are only warranteed for a limited number of writes, which mounting > R/W would really eat into, and it's for read-only media, like in > the "ClosedBSD" and "PicoBSD" FreeBSD based firewalls, I think. As I said Terry, change the patch to not take away RW /. Add an elif check, add a `readonly_root' rc.conf knob, etc... But people should stop assuming everyone wants their special needs and local weirdness. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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