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Date:      Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:31:17 -0500
From:      Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>
To:        "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Installworld broken with an NFS /tmp
Message-ID:  <11DE3C23-219D-4BCD-ABFA-D6ABF1233D88@longcount.org>
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On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:25 AM, Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 January 2012 13:11, Matt Burke <mattblists@icritical.com> wrote:
>> I've found the following thread from 2009 which matches what I've just co=
me
>> across while trying to install 9-RELEASE to disk on a machine with an NFS=
 root.
>>=20
>> http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2009-07/msg00084.=
html
>>=20
>> I've just worked around this by nullfs mounting the local disk's /tmp ove=
r
>> the existing (nfs) /tmp, but is there a better way of doing this - an
>> environment variable to specify an alternate to /tmp perhaps?
>>=20
>=20
> To "solve" the sillyrename problem visible during installworld,
> I just add the following to rc.conf (nfs) once and for all:
>=20
> tmpmfs=3D"YES"
> varmfs=3D"YES" # why? probably needs for /var/tmp
>=20

I had to do the same thing, and to be honest I don't like the Nfs root setup=
. I like having all of the tools , but a smaller setup would work better for=
 me . I want to see how hard it will be to do a 9 install via mfsbsd or a mf=
sroot akin to what was in 7 and 8 . Has anyone tried that ?

> --=20
> wbr,
> pluknet
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