Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:38:38 -0500 From: "Clay" <crs.freebsd_mailinglist@users.nuaptools.com> To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can "/etc/rc.conf" be replaced with a symlink? Message-ID: <018201c51e10$294d9ef0$be00a8c0@crskayak> References: <006801c51d4b$c95e99a0$be00a8c0@crskayak> <200502281803.56890.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <016601c51e06$eaf3a400$be00a8c0@crskayak> <200502281934.27158.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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All, I changed fstab so that my data partition would supposely mount before root, moved/symlink'd rc.conf, and rebooted. This did not allow rc.conf to be found, so doing this did not make it work. I will leave rc.conf in /etc for now and maybe work on a solution at a later time. Thanks for the responses! -Clay . . . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Joshua Tinnin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ; Clay Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:34 PM Subject: Re: Can "/etc/rc.conf" be replaced with a symlink? On Monday 28 February 2005 06:32 pm, "Clay" <crs.freebsd_mailinglist@users.nuaptools.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joshua Tinnin > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:03 PM > On Monday 28 February 2005 04:55 am, "Clay" > <crs.freebsd_mailinglist@users.nuaptools.com> wrote: > > I realized what the problem mostly likely was after submitting the > > question. I do believe that the mount point where I am wanting to > > have rc.conf located is not yet available when the file is read. > > Is there a way to have this FS mounted prior to rc.conf being read? > > Could I maybe place this mount point above the root in fstab? I > > will give it try when I have time later today. > > Perhaps there is a better solution that will eliminate the need to > deal with this issue. You might consider writing a script that will > backup the files you want, which you write once and use forever, or > you can dump the root filesystem (for one) to a backup disk and/or a > compressed file. This can be done on a regular basis with a cron job. > I'm not sure what your specific needs are, but there are easier ways > to do backups. - > I could and may eventually write a script. > > I am putting together a media server for hosting my CD's as MP3's. I > am wanting to move as many of system and app config files I change > through this process to a location on my "data" partition so that I > won't have to redo them in the event that I rebuild the root > partition. OK, well I'm not terribly familiar with working around the normal boot process, other than working with various bootloaders. I am not sure, but it could be a bit tricky. Maybe someone else would know ... ? - jt
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