Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:25:08 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: "Bernard Dugas" <bernard@dugas-family.org> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Optimising pxeboot disk size Message-ID: <3a142e750812161425n33dd186au710d1df08d65c4a7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49481468.7070601@dugas-family.org> 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> <49481468.7070601@dugas-family.org>
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On 12/16/08, Bernard Dugas <bernard@dugas-family.org> wrote: > 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 :-( Well, I tested unionfs on CURRENT and it did not crashed on me. Feel free to test it on 7 STABLE and report results to developers. -- Paul
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