From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 9 07:01:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA25190 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 07:01:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA25180 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 07:01:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA15182; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:00:58 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA95983; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:00:58 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:00:54 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Matthew Dillon Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cleanup of rc.conf ( -4.x ) Message-ID: <19990209160054.B95806@bitbox.follo.net> References: <199902090414.UAA49929@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199902090414.UAA49929@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 08:14:55PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 08:14:55PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: > This does not make any operational change except to get rid > of the $conf_dir junk from rc.conf, which I originally put > in to try to bootstrap rc.diskless. > > A much better way to do rc.diskless was suggested to me, > which I'm going to implement. It involves retargeting > the /conf/ME softlink by mount_union'ing a small MFS Union mounts do not work, and I believe they are some distance from working (unless you have better patches than I do, of course). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message