Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:12:49 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Alexander Maret <maret@axis.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which /etc-files do I need until vinum is initialized? Message-ID: <19990727171249.X62218@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA10A8@erlangen01.axis.de>; from Alexander Maret on Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 09:32:51AM %2B0200 References: <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA10A8@erlangen01.axis.de>
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On Tuesday, 27 July 1999 at 9:32:51 +0200, Alexander Maret wrote: > Hi, > > I configured vinum (RAID 1) on a 3.2S System. As I want to mirror > as much as I need to keep the system running (in case of a drive 1 > failure) I mirrored /etc as well. At boot time (until vinum is > initialized) the system only has the following files: > > /etc/defaults/rc.conf > /etc/rc.conf > /etc/rc > /etc/fstab > /etc/gettytab > /etc/login.conf > /etc/ttys > > Do I need all of these files or can I put some of them away > (for example /etc/ttys or /etc/gettytab)? The files > would of course be available as soon as vinum is initialized > and /etc mounted. Interesting question. In view of the fact that I intend to make the root file system bootable One Of These Days, I don't think you should go to too much trouble here: after all, they're only a few kilobytes each. But I think you could eliminate these ones: > /etc/gettytab > /etc/login.conf > /etc/ttys You might find it advantageous to modify /etc/rc to mount /etc (and anything else you want) immediately after starting Vinum: if [ X$start_vinum = XYES ]; then vinum start mount /etc elif [ -n "$vinum_drives" ]; then vinum read $vinum_drives mount /etc fi Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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