Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:29:59 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changes to rc.diskless* Message-ID: <200202220729.g1M7TxP14486@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20020221200050.A78243@dragon.nuxi.com>
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:The existing very bazaar and local policy in rc.diskless1 is Just Wrong;
:and looks like no other Unix diskless configuration I've ever seen. I
:plan on committing this patch to negate this.
:
:The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing
:ports(packages) is just a total PITA.
While you've got rc.diskless* broken open it would be great if
you could implement an override rc variable that completely overrides
the script. i.e. so someone can set 'rc_diskless_script' in
/etc/rc.conf (on the server) and /etc/rc will run that instead of
/etc/rc.diskless1 if the machine is booted diskless.
The problem we face is that the rc.diskless* scripts are simply not
flexible enough to cover everyone's needs (or even most people's needs)
and we need to provide a mechanism to allow the sysad to write his own
without forcing him to edit a 'system standard' script (i.e.
/etc/rc.diskless1 itself).
In anycase, if you don't have time to add this I'd appreciate a head's
up after you are done-and-committed your diskless scripts and I will
have a go at it.
-Matt
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