Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 20:33:48 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: "firstboot" keyword? Message-ID: <4FD83C6A-AD4F-47CE-B011-3B34286D640E@freebsd.org>
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I'm experimenting with some rc.d scripts that would ideally only get run once the first time a system is booted. Is there any interest in trying to generalize this? I have in mind something like a "firstboot" keyword on an rc.d script: If it's there, the script would only be run the first time the system is booted. The specific thing I'm experimenting with right now is auto-sizing system images: I would like to distribute a system image for the new ARM boards that will automatically invoke growfs on first boot to resize itself to the actual media size. Such an image would fit on 2G cards but take advantage of a much bigger card if available. I can envision other things that could benefit from this sort of scheme as well. Tim
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