Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 23:54:35 -0700 From: Michael Haro <mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: How safe is NULLFS? Message-ID: <19990404235435.A37110@patrol.area51.fremont.ca.us>
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Hi, I'd like to use NULLFS for a project I'm doing. The manpage for mount_null has... BUGS THIS FILESYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT DOESN'T WORK) AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. BEWARE OF DOG. SLIPPERY WHEN WET. I was wondering how dangerous this really is. If I'm using it to mount part of my filesystem as read-only is there still a chance of harm to my system? Should I just get another hard drive and majorly partition it so I can get all the mounts where I want them and mount that drive read-only everywhere needed? Basicly I'm trying to create a chrooted copy of the base freebsd install which can be modified but while still having the original copy. I guess what I want to do is mix NULLFS and UNION together. Thanks, Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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