Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:28:59 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How customized can an mfsroot be? Message-ID: <x2xade45ae91004052028r57162853y100f56d8b51a0588@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B6F7FDD@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B6F7D05@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <x2uade45ae91004051730j87d11987j47b3b945971c85d6@mail.gmail.com> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B6F7FAD@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <m2gade45ae91004051744pa4d4d86ax6a1e1f38195dc6a7@mail.gmail.com> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B6F7FDD@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com>
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On 4/5/10, Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> wrote: >>If FreeBSD cannot write to /tmp or /var on boot, it automatically creates a >> MFS filesystems for those mountpoints >>and mounts them during boot. You don't need to do anything. >> >>It works as the same readonly compactflash environments out there. > > D'oh! Man, wish I had known that. I just tried it and it worked fine. So I > should have no problem converting my cloning process over to an iso/cd > media. Definitely glad I don't have to mess around with a mfsroot > environment. > > Thanks for the tip! > > Peter Mistakes often lead to the greatest discoveries. I had made a CD, thinking I'd have to go through the same process of an mfsroot. Booted the sucker, no errors, and I was about to fall over. Since then, I have learned the mfs_root (which has it's benefits, no doubt...) method. Glad to enlighten you.
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