Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:41:09 -0600 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, 'Da Rock' <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Subject: Re: 9.0 install and journaling Message-ID: <4EEC71C5.7090701@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <006a01ccb9b7$df4f1f40$9ded5dc0$@fisglobal.com> References: <4EE32BB6.3020105@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112100755520.11994@wonkity.com> <4EE38454.3020307@otenet.gr> <4EE3D1F0.60500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4989a3ebb7810ed26951cbbd23b7645c.squirrel@webmail.dabus.com> <4EE6943E.40400@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <006a01ccb9b7$df4f1f40$9ded5dc0$@fisglobal.com>
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On 12/13/2011 10:54 AM, Devin Teske wrote: > We're seeing in 8.1-RELEASE that "nodev" is an invalid option for NFS mounts > that causes your system to boot into single-user mode. Is this still the case in > 9.0-RC2/3 or has the option been re-added? "nodev" was a valid option in > 4.11-RELEASE, not sure why it was removed (and/or made invalid). Since the advent of devfs, device nodes no longer function anywhere other than a devfs-backed filesystem; so 'nodev' is, in a sense, the default. Try it yourself: ----8<---- amani# dd if=/dev/zero count=1 | hd 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes transferred in 0.000046 secs (11126858 bytes/sec) 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 00000200 amani# mknod zero c 0 26 amani# dd if=./zero count=1 | hd dd: ./zero: Inappropriate ioctl for device amani# ----8<---- -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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