From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 13 8:25:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3484537B401 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:25:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from marklar.blazingdot.com (marklar.blazingdot.com [207.154.84.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA24E43EB2 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:25:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@blazingdot.com) Received: (qmail 98057 invoked by uid 503); 13 Dec 2002 16:25:21 -0000 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:25:21 -0800 From: "Marcus L. Reid" To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: layered file systems ... Message-ID: <20021213162521.GA96011@blazingdot.com> References: <20021213095811.A13175-100000@hub.org> <20021213151455.GD92171@blazingdot.com> <20021213113108.B13175-100000@hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021213113108.B13175-100000@hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Coffee-Level: high Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:32:28AM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Marcus Reid wrote: > > Sounds like you're looking for something like unionfs. Unfortunately, > > it doesn't work (even in -CURRENT) and if it did I don't know if it > > could be made to work across jails. But the manpage for mount_unionfs > > makes for a good read anyway.. > > Actually, I just spent some time playing with it, and figured out what I > was doing wrong .. haven't tested it full blown yet, but it looks like it > works fine ... > > What is known to be wrong with it? The man page is dated '94, so the 'IT > DOESN"T WORK' is a weeeeeee bit old ... Hmm, I didn't notice the date on the manpage, just the loud warnings of impending doom should one attempt to use it. Is it safe to use under some circumstances? How does one make it break? Marcus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message