From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 6 01:39:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA07828 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:39:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from korin.warman.org.pl (korin.nask.waw.pl [148.81.160.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA07816 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:38:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from abial@korin.warman.org.pl) Received: from localhost (abial@localhost) by korin.warman.org.pl (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA07649; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:40:07 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:40:05 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki To: Richard Wackerbarth cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" 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 ---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- abial@warman.org.pl | if(halt_per_mth > 0) { fetch("http://www.freebsd.org") } Research & Academic | "Be open-minded, but don't let your brains to fall out." Network in Poland | All of the above (and more) is just my personal opinion. ---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------