From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 9 14:10:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA05870 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:10:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA05499; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:09:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA22168; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 23:07:26 +0200 (CEST) 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 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Jun 1998 17:01:38 EDT." Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 23:07:25 +0200 Message-ID: <22166.897426445@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , 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