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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:49:44 +0100
From:      Bernard Dugas <bernard@dugas-family.org>
To:        "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>
Cc:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Optimising pxeboot disk size
Message-ID:  <49481468.7070601@dugas-family.org>
In-Reply-To: <3a142e750812160715p751483edh610a4adb055d31a2@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20081216094719.EDCEE1065675@hub.freebsd.org>	 <49478749.2030200@dugas-family.org>	 <20081216123057.M61117@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>	 <4947B50B.7010802@dugas-family.org>	 <20081216160327.N61449@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <3a142e750812160715p751483edh610a4adb055d31a2@mail.gmail.com>

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Paul B. Mahol wrote:

> On 12/16/08, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

>>>When you want to change something, you add a rw TransparentLayer :
>>>mount -tl yournfsserver:/StationYchanges/etc /etc
>>>
>>>So that changed or added files are only stored in this rw partition, thus
>>>very small and easy to manage.
>>>
>>>This would be a kind of partition inheritance, like in object languages...
>>>
>>>Dreams are allowed :-)
>>
>>try mount_unionfs
> 
> and mount_nullfs

Thanks Paul, FreeBSD has always hidden treasures :-)

MOUNT_NULLFS(8) doc is very detailled, but i can't find how to use it 
for my problem : being able to go from common shared configuration to 
specific private configuration.

unionfs looks very close to my dream, but it is currently not available 
for production :-(

Best regards,
-- 
Bernard DUGAS Mobile +33 615 333 770



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