Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:41:31 +0000 From: "Christian S.J. Peron" <csjp@FreeBSD.org> To: saturnero@freesbie.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, pjd@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mdconfig recently broken? Message-ID: <20050829214131.GA2855@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050829205638.GA2458@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <20050829205638.GA2458@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Hi everybody, >due to limited connectivity in August, I've been able to >update my -CURRENT box only yesterday since the first days of August >(iirc). > >I noticed that mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${myfile} isn't working anymore >when ${myfile} is on a read-only filesystem: > >sberta:/usr/local/freesbie-clone/uzip# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f usr.uzip >md0 >sberta:/usr/local/freesbie-clone/uzip# mdconfig -d -u 0 >sberta:/usr/local/freesbie-clone/uzip# mount -fru /usr >sberta:/usr/local/freesbie-clone/uzip# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f usr.uzip >mdconfig: ioctl(/dev/mdctl): Read-only file system > >This makes impossible to use compressed filesystems on devices like >cdrom or read-only diskless environment. Any idea? I'm using: > >FreeBSD sberta.saturnero.sat 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #2: Sat Aug 27 18:1 >5:39 CEST 2005 satu at sberta.saturnero.sat:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SBERTA i386 >sberta:/usr/local/freesbie-clone/uzip# > >Bye and thanks in advance, >Dario > Come to think about it, -o readonly isnt going to help. the bottom line is, if the backing store is readonly, it should never be possible to write to it. -- Christian S.J. Peron csjp@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Committer
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