From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 13:53:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 660851065672 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:53:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nonesuch@longcount.org) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22ECA8FC16 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:53:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcse1 with SMTP id e1so3430895qcs.13 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:53:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.10.19 with SMTP id n19mr27074806qan.68.1326979882033; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:31:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.11.104] (pool-68-239-201-225.nwrk.east.verizon.net. [68.239.201.225]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hv20sm57009120qab.22.2012.01.19.05.31.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:31:20 -0800 (PST) References: <4F17DE31.3060409@icritical.com> From: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A406) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <11DE3C23-219D-4BCD-ABFA-D6ABF1233D88@longcount.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:31:17 -0500 To: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Installworld broken with an NFS /tmp X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:53:27 -0000 On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:25 AM, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > On 19 January 2012 13:11, Matt Burke 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Mark Saad | mark.saad@longcount.org=