From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 21 04:30:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9000C16A4CE for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 04:30:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1.mail.ru (mx1.mail.ru [194.67.23.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5B543D49 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 04:30:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@mail.ru) Received: from [83.237.13.16] (port=1101 helo=[172.17.0.69]) by mx1.mail.ru with esmtp id 1Cgbf8-000DJp-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:30:19 +0300 Message-ID: <41C7A6D8.5010908@mail.ru> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:30:16 +0300 From: "Andrew P." User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: Not detected Subject: Remote system directories X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: infofarmer@mail.ru List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 04:30:20 -0000 Hello! I've got a freebsd box with a 2Gb hard drive and a server with a lot of free space. I want to make use of nfs and let the "small" box mount most of its directories in read-write mode from the server. What directories are safe to be moved to a remote location? The idea is that should the server go down, the box must still be bootable and accessible via ssh. I've read hier manual page, but it doesn't go deep into how bad the system need each directory at startup - and how heavy access is to each folder during normal operation. Can the system boot into multi-user mode in case /usr fails to mount? I'm now experimenting with different subfolders of /usr and other dirs, and I'd be glad to hear a piece of advice. Best wishes, Andrew