Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 14:26:21 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount(8) in /stand? Message-ID: <9bbcef730902070526q7c35a08dmfe98277d2029da7b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87y6wivnmg.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <gmiqv6$u7l$1@ger.gmane.org> <87y6wivnmg.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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2009/2/7 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>: > On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:16:46 +0100, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Judging by Google's results I'm only one of many people frustrated by the >> lack of mount(8) in the "emergency holographic shell". My problem is that >> I have everything I need to install the system (on a "netbook" laptop - >> no CD reader) on the USB drive I booted from, but no way to get to the >> data (the network drivers need to be patched before they can be used so >> net install is out, sysinstall doesn't recognize the directory structure, >> has no way of mounting msdosfs, etc.). I see the mount executable is ~~ >> 17 kB: >> >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 17232 Dec 29 15:29 /sbin/mount* >> >> This is about the third time I needed it in similar circumstances so is >> probably not unreasonable to request it be crunched in for the future? >> It's certainly one of the basic emergency utilities. > > You have to account for the size of several mount_xxx executables too. > My userland is now installed with DEBUG_FLAGS='-g' so the sizes are not as > large as they seem below, but we need at least *some* of these to be in > `/stand' before `/stand/mount' is usable e.g. for cd9660 mounts: What is the relationship between mount and mount_xxx? Is it that some file systems cannot be mounted at all if there's no mount_xxx or it's just there to provide advanced or unusual options? Actually what I'm asking is: can "local" file systems that normally have mount_xxx be mounted just with mount, assuming all options default, or they specifically and unconditionally require the special mount_xxx? I think msdosfs, cd9660 and udf are most important here.
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