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Date:      Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:45:09 -0400
From:      Keith Stevenson <keith.stevenson@louisville.edu>
To:        Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ideas concerning fsck
Message-ID:  <20001024084509.B10509@osaka.louisville.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010241242200.44920-100000@login-1.eunet.no>; from mbendiks@eunet.no on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 12:45:35PM %2B0200
References:  <xzpbswboilo.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010241242200.44920-100000@login-1.eunet.no>

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On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 12:45:35PM +0200, Marius Bendiksen wrote:
> 
> We can get around the need for fstab by using the bootfs idea that AIX and
> others use (Poul-Henning has suggested this also in connection with DEVFS)
> to get less magic in the boot sequence.

AIX does use fstab.  IBM just cleverly renamed it "/etc/filesystems" and
completely changed the format.  This file is consulted as part of the boot
process.

The bootfs idea is pretty neat.  I would like to see it implemented in
FreeBSD, especially if it would make vinum disks usable for the / filesystem.

Regards,
--Keith Stevenson--

-- 
Keith Stevenson
System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville
keith.stevenson@louisville.edu
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