Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:56:53 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: kalts@estpak.ee Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: running tunefs during boot??? Message-ID: <3EE9F445.2070405@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20030613085502.GA3751@kevad.internal> References: <20030613151832.GA90119@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030613085502.GA3751@kevad.internal>
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Vallo Kallaste wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 06:18:32PM +0300, ODHIAMBO Washington > <wash@wananchi.com> wrote: > >>For some strange reason, I would like to run `tunefs -n disable /` during the >>bootup process, just before the file systems are mounted. >>How can I safely achieve this? > > You cannot access the tunefs binary if the / filesystem is not > mounted. You can use tunefs on the read-only mounted filesystem, for > this purpose check out man rc.early(8) and look into /etc/rc. Keep in mind that you only need to run 'tunefs -n disable /' once and it will stay that way until re-enabled. Why not just reboot to singl-user mode, issue the command while / is mounted read-only and reboot? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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