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From: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner)
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Subject: Re: It's time to release..  The worms!  Hahahahaha!
To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 17:04:48 -0600 (CST)
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        hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, install@freefall.cdrom.com
In-Reply-To: <9412292243.AA02132@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Dec 29, 94 04:43:12 pm
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> > it might be a nice addition to the gotcha file.
> > 
> > excerpt....
> > # set hostname, turn on network
> > echo 'starting network'
> > . /etc/netstart
> > 
> > # grab user                        <------------------------
> > echo 'mounting /usr'              #<------------------------
> > 
> > mount -a -t nfs >/dev/null 2>&1   #<------------------------
> 
> Hi Boyd,
> 
> I've been doing this since 1.0 by putting the few files needed in the local
> /usr, and then just mounting over them.  I believe in 2.0 I discovered it
> was easier to modify /etc/rc and just stick
> 
> mount -u -o rw /
> 
> umount -a >/dev/null 2>&1
> mount -a -t nonfs
> mount /usr			<------------- in.
> 
> Saves time and effort.  :-)  Anyone want to suggest a way to make the "mount
> -a -t nonfs" do this?
> 
Could check for the existence of /usr/bin, if not there, mount /usr.  Still
I would have thought you would have needed to start the network, first!

Boyd


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 Boyd Faulkner                                       faulkner@mpd.tandem.com 
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