Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:42:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: No /proc or procfs by default in 5.1-RELEASE ... why ? Message-ID: <20030715233938.P36933-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hello, As I am sure many have noticed, a default installation of 5.1-RELEASE will leave you with no procfs mounted at /proc, and no entry in /etc/fstab for a procfs. Is this by design ? Is it better to not run /proc on 5.x ? What are the consequences of running without a procfs on 5.x ? OR Was this just a bug/oversight in the 5.1-RELEASE, and in reality we should definitely be running a procfs and have an entry in /etc/fstab, etc. ? This is with the GENERIC kernel, but other kernels I build with PROCFS also do not result in a procfs existing either - I always have to manually mount it. Any commnts of any kind related to the design decision that may have been behind this - or any explanation of a kind as to why the 5.1-RELEASE has no procfs mounted or in fstab by default is much apprecaited! thanks!
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030715233938.P36933-100000>