Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:23:12 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changes to rc.diskless* Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020222132157.58993D-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20020222095225.A6604@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:00:51PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing > > ports(packages) is just a total PITA. > > I had issues with the MFS /var and /tmp[0] a couple days ago and changed > the code to move the "mount -a" up before /var and /tmp creation and > then actually test to be sure they are not writable before attempting to > create MFS versions. The logic was basicly: > > if touch /var/_writable_test; then > rm /var/_writable_test > else > #create MFS var > fi > > -- Brooks > > [0] I've got a slightly strange configuration with network booting > cluster nodes which have a disk for /tmp, /var, and swap. One of the problems I have with a similar configuration is that the file system checker never runs for local filesystems mounted on writable disks. I tend to mount everything nfs and mfs, except for a scratch drive and swap, which are from the local hard disk. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020222132157.58993D-100000>