Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 21:12:10 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner Message-ID: <l03130308b1002dfed528@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <199802060249.NAA02350@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Thu, 05 Feb 1998 20:36:09 CST." <l03130305b1002554cbed@[208.2.87.4]>
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At 8:49 PM -0600 2/5/98, Mike Smith wrote: >> Personally, I would like to see "/" purged of everything possible. >> However, I would like to add a "/.rc" file to be used as a stub in >> place of "/etc/rc". This would permit me to have a way to mount >> "/etc" as a read-only file system and still maintain a writeable root >> in a mfs. > >Why should you want /etc/rc writable? I DON'T. I want it READ-ONLY. The files that traditionally reside there and have to be modifiable can be moved and referenced by symbolic link. The problem is that "/" has to be writeable. I want to be able to start up and mount "/etc" from external media (CD, NFS, etc.) With the present structure, I end up with hidden files and a number of inconsistent situations. If "init" opens only a stub in the root, I can configure that stub to mount "/etc" BEFORE we proceed to use it. For the default case, "/.rc" can simply link to "/etc/rc". However, I have my "hook" where I need it. Richard Wackerbarth
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