Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 04:10:49 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for change... Message-ID: <199810230310.EAA13927@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <199810222112.OAA00926@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Oct 22, 98 02:11:45 pm
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> I don't think it's suitable for general consumption, no - there is too
> much of your local policy embedded in this.
>
> I'd keep it local, or perhaps see if you can't come up with a generic
> hook mechanism that's called out very early, and do everything inside
> that (optional) hook.
of course, i did not mean to commit things in the current form:
> > Do i have permission to work on this stuff for inclusion in -stable
> > and/or -current ?
but just elaborate it and come up with something much simpler and
generic along these lines:
very near the beginning of /etc/rc, figure out if this is a
diskless machine and set a variable.
make fsck/mount/swapon contitional on this variable, and call
some alternate procedure from say rc.diskless for these actions.
cheers
luigi
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