Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:40:05 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980206103410.4920A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <l03130309b10039eda2f2@[208.2.87.4]>
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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> When I tried it, I couldn't mount anything on top of it.
I think you can first mount it -rw and then degrade it to -ro.
> Besides, I still want to be able to supply the /etc/directory
> remotely. That way, I can have a number of identical systems
> that get configured quite differently.
And what about the following: to have a small MFS in kernel, which
includes its own /etc/rc (which can ask you for parameters, or run with
its own defaults), which in turn, after mounting the partition where the
real /etc lies, removes itself (including mfs:/etc), and symlinks the real
etc in place.
Andrzej Bialecki
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