From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 16 15:20:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28619 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:18:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles128.castles.com [208.214.165.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28612 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:18:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01530; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:15:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812162315.PAA01530@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Nate Williams cc: Mike Smith , Matthew Dillon , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disklabel baggage. In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:48:12 MST." <199812162248.PAA25983@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:15:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I think it's a good idea to move the boot images from /usr to /, > > > but I don't like the idea of creating a /boot directory. How > > > about /etc/boot/ ? After all, disklabel already references /etc/disktab. > > > Lets keep / as clean as possible. > > > > /boot has been there for a while now. When thinking about this, > > consider: > > > > /etc may not be on the root filesystem > > /etc *MUST* be on the root filesystem, because you wouldn't know what to > mount w/out it. (/etc/fstab). This presumes you're running a completely stock init, but perhaps I should have been clearer; in some cases you will remount a new /etc over the (minimal) /etc used to bring the system up. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message