From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 5 19:26:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA09546 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 19:26:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (lapdog.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA09533 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 19:26:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA02532; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 13:46:03 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199802060316.NAA02532@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Richard Wackerbarth cc: Mike Smith , Mikael Karpberg , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Feb 1998 21:12:10 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 19:16:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > At 8:49 PM -0600 2/5/98, Mike Smith wrote: > >> Personally, I would like to see "/" purged of everything possible. > >> However, I would like to add a "/.rc" file to be used as a stub in > >> place of "/etc/rc". This would permit me to have a way to mount > >> "/etc" as a read-only file system and still maintain a writeable root > >> in a mfs. > > > >Why should you want /etc/rc writable? > > I DON'T. I want it READ-ONLY. The files that traditionally > reside there and have to be modifiable can be moved and > referenced by symbolic link. The only file in /etc/ that is normally modified is /etc/motd. > The problem is that "/" has to be writeable. It does? Why? (I've run with / readonly just fine) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\