Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:02:08 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab rc src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.root.dist src/libexec Makefile src/libexec/save-entropy Makefile save-entropy.sh Message-ID: <20010111110207.A74547@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <8537.979239256@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:54:16PM %2B0200 References: <20010111103317.A74363@dragon.nuxi.com> <8537.979239256@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:54:16PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > The entropy seed files need to be in the root partition because a seeded > entropy device is needed _very_ early on. Specifically, it's needed by > at least mount_mfs(8). If we wait 'til /var is mounted, we have to wait > for everything in /etc/fstab to be mounted, so you end up with > mount_mfs(8) blocking on the entropy device. Doh! > Hope that helps. Yes, thank you for the reminder. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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