Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:08:13 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc on a separate filesystem ? Message-ID: <20140905030813.GA52942@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK3oxf=eCJnBGG9cVQx9EKOd8Dzd4re=2GEtGcb6cbMXnw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20140904150739.GA42707@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <CAHu1Y73Uv=mVpqUkGv5OvGtQj9hGK1bqx41q1RLzAipBymHQ_A@mail.gmail.com> <20140904153042.GA42968@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <448ulz5ps3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <CA%2BtpaK3oxf=eCJnBGG9cVQx9EKOd8Dzd4re=2GEtGcb6cbMXnw@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More wrote: > > > > > Michael Sierchio wrote: > > >> > Is it possible to keep /etc on a separate filesystem? > > >> No. /etc/fstab, among other things > > > > > > That's why I am asking. > > > > It kind of depends on *why* you're asking. > > > Sounds an awful lot like an XY problem to me. That's fair. Let me explain my purpose. I have created a LiveUSB for testing and hardware diagnostics with dualboot: FreeBSD amd64 and i386. I was looking for a way for them to share a common /etc. If there is no easy way, I can rsync changes of /etc from one system to another on shutdown, or find something else. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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