From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 10:55:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26C616A4B3 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.kukulies.org (www.kukulies.org [213.146.112.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB2843F75 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:54:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kuku@www.kukulies.org) Received: from www.kukulies.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.kukulies.org (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h9KHstsJ008533; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:54:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kuku@www.kukulies.org) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by www.kukulies.org (8.12.10/8.12.6/Submit) id h9KHssja008528; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:54:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:54:54 +0200 From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031020175453.GA7135@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <200310200955.h9K9tvEt006047@www.kukulies.org> <20031020150610.GD85686@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031020150610.GD85686@dragon.nuxi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: "C. Kukulies" Subject: Re: this /rescue thing X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:55:00 -0000 On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:06:10AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:55:57AM +0200, C. Kukulies wrote: > > ===> rescue/rescue > > install -s -o root -g wheel -m 555 rescue /rescue > > install -o root -g wheel -m 555 nextboot_FIXED /rescue/nextboot.sh > > install: /rescue/nextboot.sh: Not a directory > > *** Error code 71 > > > > Stop in /u/src/rescue/rescue. > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Looking into / I see that /rescue is a file. > > There was some pilot error in the order in which you updated your system > after we added 'rescue'. You need to 'rm -rf /rescue ; mkdir /rescue' > and then rebuild and install it. > > > What is the safe method to put /rescue elsewhere (in an area with enough > > space). It also seems that it is being deleted by make world, at least I > > seem to remember that putting a soft link into /rescue into / didn't > > help either. > > You're missing the point of /rescue. It MUST be in / to be of any use. Yeah, but what do if the partition overflows? Actually I never had the need for it in the past. What would be the correct use of /rescue? The most cumbersome issue in the past was the ever growing root FS in FreeBSD. I wish back the days of a 40 MB root FS. Is it possible to switch it off? Or to circumvent it somehow? -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku_at_physik.rwth-aachen.de