Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 23:07:25 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Cc: itojun@iijlab.net, mike@smith.net.au, core@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-jp@jp.freebsd.org Subject: Re: new config Message-ID: <22166.897426445@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Jun 1998 17:01:38 EDT." <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEFF8B22@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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In message <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEFF8B22@dcn71.dcn.att.com>, sbabkin@dcn.att.com writes: >> 4. The last part of the configuration script mounts the >> quasi-root on "/rootfs" and establish symlinks to >> make things look like they used to: >> >> for i in etc bin sbin usr var tmp >> do >> ln -s /rootfs/$i >> done >> >> 5. Delete files no longer needed on the MFS to preserve RAM >> >Alternative approach: mount the traditional root filesystem >on /, and the config-filesystem on /stand or something like. That would take more magic, which doesn't buy us any advantage that I can see. There even is a performance gain in having the / directory live in ram. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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