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Date:      Sat, 02 Mar 2002 13:31:25 -0800
From:      "Glenn Gombert" <glenngombert@onebox.com>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: changes to rc.diskless*
Message-ID:  <20020302213125.FPQL16107.mta08.onebox.com@onebox.com>

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the diskless(s) scripts have a number of problems with them that need
to be fixed as well..inorder to get diskless kernels booting properly...

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Glenn Gombert
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---- "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:04:28PM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > -# If /tmp is a symlink, assume it points to somewhere writable,
> like
> > -# /var/tmp, otherwise, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp.
> > +# If /tmp is not writable, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp.
> >  #
> >  # XXX: mtree runs too early to create any directories needed in
> /tmp,
> >  # so if /var/tmp == /tmp, then you don't get a vi.recover.
> >  #
> > -if [ ! -h /tmp ]; then
> > +if /usr/bin/touch /tmp/_writable_test; then
> > + rm /tmp/_writable_test
> > +else
> >   mount_md ${tmpsize:=64m} /tmp 2
> >   chmod 01777 /tmp
> >  fi
> 
> I don't like this part -- because I use RW NFS mounted / (for sparc64
> development), but I DO want a MFS /tmp as there is no need to do this
> over the network.
> 
> Which just goes to show that your tests are not suffient.  Full rc.conf
> knobs should be used instead.
> 
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