From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 14:22:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E038F1065670 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:22:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FDC58FC1A for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:22:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf23 with SMTP id 23so2090008wyf.13 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:22:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=bNzUC8JRcTISxFjpC725QG50nPnVXpYs0bxC3x0K0fs=; b=V+snYTrqyGwGn0fp//2JszQPHOZM8usAdKFJQlwfD7ZIgRss5Zyi2wwq7V5Os4/Xcp kghWJ/fgF3wWRGYF0GLfa4kYPbvaKJFxJ8KwVhSnyeHDS1IjjGTGXGkiUAxgllv99PkF F21Y/2+uutD5tVbgud2s6j02iPIflmDit3j+0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=qLIbnOr1w3aafXPnngSmY0eZePR8Ooj/KqyqAqiW97riVOqQsVsoP+wM4HfdFR54t2 Tc19/uxcQ5DjkPevm5GMr+bxGEqt0yFDKc9ZkNI2iBt/xxvTL8YfBPSxuYn8tvWaSwb+ PnQywu1DPZ5Pvayv41AcIToGLPQBGSjwcpcdU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.91.17 with SMTP id g17mr3701796wef.1.1303741371167; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:22:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.15.73 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:22:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4DB30596.3030609@telting.org> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:22:51 +0100 Message-ID: From: krad To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Chris Telting , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs partition for /etc? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:22:53 -0000 On 23 April 2011 23:48, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 3:36 PM, krad wrote: > >> not sure about that as the auto mounts are done when /etc/rc.d/zfs runs so >> there might be a dependency >> > > Hum yeah you are right. I don't think it would be possible then as all the > old etc/root fs restrictions still apply. On the other hand, if you must > have this what's the drawback to simply snapshotting your root fs? Of course > this is much more ideal if you use a ZFS structure like MFSBSD's default > rather the ZFS file system layout presented in the wiki. > > -- > Adam Vande More > you could experiment with the init_* varibles in loader.conf. You might be able to trigger the automount before init runs then, to get around the issue. A bit messy though