Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:13:57 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: infofarmer@mail.ru Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote system directories Message-ID: <41C7B115.2060005@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <41C7A6D8.5010908@mail.ru> References: <41C7A6D8.5010908@mail.ru>
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Andrew P. wrote: > 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'd say "no" to that last; not.without some modifications (and I wouldn't care to speculate on the advisability of that). Here's the first obvious problem I see: [642] Mon 20.Dec.2004 23:09:16 [kadmin@archangel][/home/kadmin] ps -aux | grep tty root 68398 0.0 0.1 1408 600 p5 R+ 11:09PM 0:00.00 grep tty root 682 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v0 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0 root 683 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v1 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1 root 684 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v2 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 root 685 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v3 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3 root 686 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v4 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4 root 687 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v5 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5 root 688 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v6 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6 root 689 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v7 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7 No tty's are available without /usr .... Kevin Kinsey
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