Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:25:21 -0800 From: "Marcus L. Reid" <marcus@blazingdot.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: layered file systems ... Message-ID: <20021213162521.GA96011@blazingdot.com> In-Reply-To: <20021213113108.B13175-100000@hub.org> References: <20021213095811.A13175-100000@hub.org> <20021213151455.GD92171@blazingdot.com> <20021213113108.B13175-100000@hub.org>
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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
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