Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 05:13:23 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste <kalts@estpak.ee> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: running tunefs during boot??? Message-ID: <20030614021323.GA1692@kevad.internal> In-Reply-To: <3EE9F445.2070405@potentialtech.com> References: <20030613151832.GA90119@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030613085502.GA3751@kevad.internal> <3EE9F445.2070405@potentialtech.com>
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:56:53AM -0400, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > >>For some strange reason, I would like to run `tunefs -n disable /` during > >>the > >>bootup process, just before the file systems are mounted. > >>How can I safely achieve this? > > > >You cannot access the tunefs binary if the / filesystem is not > >mounted. You can use tunefs on the read-only mounted filesystem, for > >this purpose check out man rc.early(8) and look into /etc/rc. > > Keep in mind that you only need to run 'tunefs -n disable /' once and it > will stay that way until re-enabled. > > Why not just reboot to singl-user mode, issue the command while / is > mounted read-only and reboot? You can't if the system is remote, except using serial console. -- Vallo Kallaste
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