Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:52:25 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changes to rc.diskless* Message-ID: <20020222095225.A6604@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20020221200050.A78243@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:00:51PM -0800 References: <20020221200050.A78243@dragon.nuxi.com>
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--2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:00:51PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing > ports(packages) is just a total PITA. I had issues with the MFS /var and /tmp[0] a couple days ago and changed the code to move the "mount -a" up before /var and /tmp creation and then actually test to be sure they are not writable before attempting to create MFS versions. The logic was basicly: if touch /var/_writable_test; then rm /var/_writable_test else #create MFS var fi -- Brooks [0] I've got a slightly strange configuration with network booting cluster nodes which have a disk for /tmp, /var, and swap. --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8doVYXY6L6fI4GtQRAk8pAKCw4j/Tr4mThxxoi25mLag+PwQ+TwCgpFzP ROLGGWCPOo/mpTLeeYBcEHU= =30dv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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