Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 22:35:45 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /etc on a separate filesystem ? Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK0o-Pci2Bp%2B63=S_XTV1AM2rEQvS1%2B099xQTvy-uVY6oQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140905030813.GA52942@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20140904150739.GA42707@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <CAHu1Y73Uv=mVpqUkGv5OvGtQj9hGK1bqx41q1RLzAipBymHQ_A@mail.gmail.com> <20140904153042.GA42968@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <448ulz5ps3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <CA%2BtpaK3oxf=eCJnBGG9cVQx9EKOd8Dzd4re=2GEtGcb6cbMXnw@mail.gmail.com> <20140905030813.GA52942@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> wrote: > Adam Vande More wrote: > > > > > > > Michael Sierchio wrote: > > > >> > Is it possible to keep /etc on a separate filesystem? > > > >> No. /etc/fstab, among other things > > > > > > > > That's why I am asking. > > > > > > It kind of depends on *why* you're asking. > > > > > > Sounds an awful lot like an XY problem to me. > > That's fair. Let me explain my purpose. I have created a LiveUSB for > testing and hardware diagnostics with dualboot: FreeBSD amd64 and > i386. I was looking for a way for them to share a common /etc. > > If there is no easy way, I can rsync changes of /etc from one system > to another on shutdown, or find something else. That is a better description. If this tool is going to be confined to a network you have control over, doing a diskless mount on /etc may be sufficient. Otherwise unison does FS synchronization, or you could take a more targeted approach with rcs(1). -- Adam
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