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Date:      Tue, 19 Oct 2004 04:21:02 +0200
From:      Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
To:        Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I deleted /stand/, but I need it again for diskless boot...
Message-ID:  <200410190421.03532.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
In-Reply-To: <417475E2.8020202@gamersimpact.com>
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El Martes, 19 de Octubre de 2004 04:03, Ryan Sommers escribi=F3:
> Jose M Rodriguez wrote:
> > If You try to path /etc/rc.d/initdiskless, try not remove *.cpio.gz
> >
> >expand using /stand, but add *.tar expand using /bin/pax.
> >
> >You may also try some auto detection and use what is present
> >between /stand/cpio, /stand/gzip, /rescue/tar, /rescue/gzip ...
> >
> >Don't try moving gzip/libgzip from /usr to rootfs. It's really a big
> >change.
>
> /rescue/* aren't the right tools for the job in my opinion. Neither
> are /stand/*. I posted this to arch@ [1] and between that and this
> thread, among others on current@, the overwhelming majority of
> responses have been to get rid of /stand. I'm not sure I understand
> your argument for leaving /stand as part of the root filesystem;

This is known as POLA.

> other than as you say your 250gb drives don't mind the extra 3.5mb.
> In my opinion it's useless for both diskless and regular systems,
> with the exception of 2% of it's space. It's not updated as part of
> world, which means no bug fixes get populated to it. It's a crunchgen
> binary which means trying to fix small bugs in single programs either
> means rebuilding the binary or replacing that hardlink with an
> individual binary.
>

Working well here from years.  If you like add /bin/pax support and be=20
able to remove /stand, go on it.  But it isn't a real need of take=20
off /stand support.

Also, I not only the one trying use a crunchgen binary instead of /bin=20
+ /sbin for some diskless setups.

And I'm can't remember any mail about moving gzip/libgzip from /usr to=20
rootfs.

> [1]
> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D10365+0+current/freebsd-
>arch

=2D-
  josemi



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