From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 02:40:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D10FA1065673 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 02:40:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from psteele@maxiscale.com) Received: from server505.appriver.com (server505e.appriver.com [98.129.35.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EDEB8FC12 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 02:40:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Policy: GLOBAL - maxiscale.com X-Primary: psteele@maxiscale.com X-Note: This Email was scanned by AppRiver SecureTide X-ALLOW: psteele@maxiscale.com ALLOWED X-Virus-Scan: V- X-Note: Spam Tests Failed: X-Country-Path: UNITED STATES->UNITED STATES->UNITED STATES X-Note-Sending-IP: 98.129.23.15 X-Note-Reverse-DNS: ht02.exg5.exghost.com X-Note-WHTLIST: psteele@maxiscale.com X-Note: User Rule Hits: X-Note: Global Rule Hits: G179 G180 G181 G182 G186 G187 G198 G285 X-Note: Encrypt Rule Hits: X-Note: Mail Class: ALLOWEDSENDER X-Note: Headers Injected Received: from [98.129.23.15] (HELO ht02.exg5.exghost.com) by server505.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.2) with ESMTPS id 31377858 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:40:10 -0500 Received: from mbx03.exg5.exghost.com ([169.254.1.132]) by ht02.exg5.exghost.com ([98.129.23.15]) with mapi; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:40:12 -0500 From: Peter Steele To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:40:10 -0500 Thread-Topic: How customized can an mfsroot be? Thread-Index: AcrVIlTFT2t420LwQyO+CEbwT5me/AAD7Xxw Message-ID: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B6F7FDD@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B6F7D05@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B6F7FAD@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-cr-hashedpuzzle: AZcB A+/f BM8p CBWq CM44 CNNe CY/d CaBX C3EH C9VN D8ma EIxE E6Pl HCuo H/P+ Is5I; 1; ZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAtAHEAdQBlAHMAdABpAG8AbgBzAEAAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAuAG8AcgBnAA==; Sosha1_v1; 7; {E0E0259A-0879-4E45-9B18-273C1FF8083D}; cABzAHQAZQBlAGwAZQBAAG0AYQB4AGkAcwBjAGEAbABlAC4AYwBvAG0A; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:40:10 GMT; UgBFADoAIABIAG8AdwAgAGMAdQBzAHQAbwBtAGkAegBlAGQAIABjAGEAbgAgAGEAbgAgAG0AZgBzAHIAbwBvAHQAIABiAGUAPwA= x-cr-puzzleid: {E0E0259A-0879-4E45-9B18-273C1FF8083D} acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: RE: How customized can an mfsroot be? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:40:13 -0000 >If FreeBSD cannot write to /tmp or /var on boot, it automatically creates = a MFS filesystems for those mountpoints >and mounts them during boot. You don't need to do anything. > >It works as the same readonly compactflash environments out there. D'oh! Man, wish I had known that. I just tried it and it worked fine. So I = should have no problem converting my cloning process over to an iso/cd medi= a. Definitely glad I don't have to mess around with a mfsroot environment. Thanks for the tip! Peter