Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:50:47 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.root.dist src/include paths.h src/rescue Makefile README src/rescue/librescue Makefile src/rescue/rescue Makefile Message-ID: <20030701185047.GD67015@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030701142805.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030701151216.GA13805@intruder.bmah.org> <XFMail.20030701142805.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:28:05PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > No. sysinstall copies over /stand and then chroots into the new root > for the actual install after it does the newfs. If you don't copy /stand > then installs will fail. Yes, we need a /stand during the install. But not post install. > Please just leave it as is. /stand is still > useful in the scary case that /rescue and normal root get hosed and it > doesn't take up very much space anyways. Feh. Lets also make /bin2 and /sbin2 incase /[s]bin, /rescue, and /stand get messed up. If you've messed up /[s]bin and /rescue you should give up and do a binary reinstall. /stand waits space and there is now zero use for it given /rescue. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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