Stephen Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > You are missing the point. Root is mounted read-only upon boot, and
> > hotplug running at that time does not work if it attempts to write or
> > create files.
>
> You are right, I completely forgot about that. Piffle!
>
> But wait! Don't all the other demons, such as bind, inetd, etc. writing
> pid files into /var/run? That's what it is for, is it not?
Yes, but...
>
> I thought the init scripts in rc.d are generally run after root is
> remounted.
...this is when these are run.
> The hotplug rc script runs through and synthesizes add events
> for existing devices when it runs, and invokes all the add sub-scripts
> at that time.
USB initialization needs to be a lot earlier than that, so USB input
devices can be used for system maintenance if necesarry (like fscks,
interactive startup of services etc)
> The root filesystem is remounted rw in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> or equivilent, and the hotplug startup is called after that.
No.
--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
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