From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 08:45:36 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6649A16A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:45:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from peedub.jennejohn.org (Ja170.j.pppool.de [85.74.161.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D34243D5D for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:45:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Received: from jennejohn.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peedub.jennejohn.org (8.13.3/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j368jXiU001289 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:45:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Message-Id: <200504060845.j368jXiU001289@peedub.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.0 06/18/2004 with nmh-1.0.4 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:55:27 BST." <20050405235414.D81173@fledge.watson.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:45:33 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn Subject: Re: Panic on mount with write-locked USB media (umass) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gary Jennejohn List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:45:36 -0000 Robert Watson writes: > I wonder if a useful middle ground is to adopt (1) above except in the > case of perenially read-only file systems (cd9660), in which case (2) is > adopted? > It sure would be nice if one could mount an ISO-image (vnode-backed md) RW. This would come in handy if one wanted to modify the image for some reason and then burn it or, e.g. brandelf some binaries in a Linux ISO which are needed for installation. At the moment you have to copy it to a new location. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde