From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 15:10:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F25016A405; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:10:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6978E13C4A5; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:10:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l22FA1EG023101; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:10:01 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <45E83E49.6080808@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:10:01 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Anderson , Steven Hartland , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <00cb01c75c5b$4205e390$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <45E82660.4030107@freebsd.org> <008101c75cd1$42a4df10$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <45E830A8.8020104@freebsd.org> <20070302144409.GA4431@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20070302144409.GA4431@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2701/Fri Mar 2 08:16:16 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: Subject: Re: sysinstall creates corrupt filesystems after repartitioning X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:10:02 -0000 On 03/02/07 08:44, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 08:11:52AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote: >> Mounting an NFS share on top of a skimmed down /usr is very common, and >> very desirable. You may mount /usr from a small read-only partition >> (vnode file, etc) and then mount a different partition or NFS over it if >> you detect the one you want. >> >> I think this comes down to: if it hurts, stop doing it. :) >> >> Maybe sysinstall should warn you that you are double mounting, but I >> don't want it to stop letting me do it. > > Are we absolutely sure overlaying NFS + local UFS filesystems like > this is the cause of the filesystem corruption? > > If Eric's doing it and it's working fine, I'm left wondering if > there's maybe sysinstall isn't handling something right. > No no no - I don't think there's anything wrong with that at all, and I don't think the two are related. I was merely trying to point out that the doubling of mounts is normal, expected, and a feature. Eric