From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 6 06:13:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA15630 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 06:13:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (winter@sasami.jurai.net [207.31.78.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA15468 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 06:12:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA25876; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:11:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:11:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Richard Wackerbarth cc: Mike Smith , Mikael Karpberg , 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" /var/etc On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > At 8:49 PM -0600 2/5/98, Mike Smith wrote: > >> Personally, I would like to see "/" purged of everything possible. > >> However, I would like to add a "/.rc" file to be used as a stub in > >> place of "/etc/rc". This would permit me to have a way to mount > >> "/etc" as a read-only file system and still maintain a writeable root > >> in a mfs. > > > >Why should you want /etc/rc writable? > > I DON'T. I want it READ-ONLY. The files that traditionally > reside there and have to be modifiable can be moved and > referenced by symbolic link. > > The problem is that "/" has to be writeable. > > I want to be able to start up and mount "/etc" from > external media (CD, NFS, etc.) With the present structure, > I end up with hidden files and a number of inconsistent > situations. > > If "init" opens only a stub in the root, I can configure > that stub to mount "/etc" BEFORE we proceed to use it. > > For the default case, "/.rc" can simply link to "/etc/rc". > However, I have my "hook" where I need it. > > Richard Wackerbarth > > /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */