Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-03-02 Thread David O'Brien
On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 01:31:25PM -0800, Glenn Gombert wrote: > the diskless(s) scripts have a number of problems with them that need > to be fixed as well..inorder to get diskless kernels booting properly... And actually since my last commit to them, diskless works OK except for /var. To

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-03-02 Thread Glenn Gombert
the diskless(s) scripts have a number of problems with them that need to be fixed as well..inorder to get diskless kernels booting properly... -- Glenn Gombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (513) 587-2643 x2263 - voicemail/fax "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-03-02 Thread Glenn Gombert
the diskless(s) scripts have a number of problems with them that need to be fixed as well..inorder to get diskless kernels booting properly... -- Glenn Gombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (513) 587-2643 x2263 - voicemail/fax "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-03-02 Thread Glenn Gombert
the diskless(s) scripts have a number of problems with them that need to be fixed as well..inorder to get diskless kernels booting properly... -- Glenn Gombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (513) 587-2643 x2263 - voicemail/fax "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-03-02 Thread David O'Brien
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:04:28PM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > -# If /tmp is a symlink, assume it points to somewhere writable, like > -# /var/tmp, otherwise, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp. > +# If /tmp is not writable, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp. > # > # XXX: mtree runs to

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-03-01 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:00:51PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing > ports(packages) is just a total PITA. Below is a patch I'd like to commit that may solve this problem in most cases. This patch does the following: - Makes cr

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-22 Thread David O'Brien
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:13:22PM -0500, Jake Burkholder wrote: > > echo "+++ mount_md of /var" > > -mount_md ${varsize:=65536} /var 1 > > +mount_md ${varsize:=32m} /var 1 > > One problem with making the mds so big is that it uses type malloc > which afaict uses malloc(9) to get the backing sto

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-22 Thread Glenn Gombert
The rc.diskless1/2 scripts *do* need some work, I finally got my diskless kernel booting (with help from Matt and Robert Watson) but it was a lot of 'trial and error' to do so"...but well worthwhile to boot diskless (test/experimental) kernels for developmental purposes . At 08:00 PM 2/21/20

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-22 Thread Jake Burkholder
Apparently, On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:00:51PM -0800, David O'Brien said words to the effect of; > The existing very bazaar and local policy in rc.diskless1 is Just Wrong; > and looks like no other Unix diskless configuration I've ever seen. I > plan on committing this patch to negate th

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-22 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 01:23:12PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote: > > One of the problems I have with a similar configuration is that the file > system checker never runs for local filesystems mounted on writable disks. > I tend to mount everything nfs and mfs, except for a scratch drive and > swap

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-22 Thread Robert Watson
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:00:51PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing > > ports(packages) is just a total PITA. > > I had issues with the MFS /var and /tmp[0] a couple days ago and chang

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-22 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:00:51PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing > ports(packages) is just a total PITA. I had issues with the MFS /var and /tmp[0] a couple days ago and changed the code to move the "mount -a" up before /var an

Re: changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-21 Thread Matthew Dillon
:The existing very bazaar and local policy in rc.diskless1 is Just Wrong; :and looks like no other Unix diskless configuration I've ever seen. I :plan on committing this patch to negate this. : :The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing :ports(packages) is just a tota

changes to rc.diskless*

2002-02-21 Thread David O'Brien
The existing very bazaar and local policy in rc.diskless1 is Just Wrong; and looks like no other Unix diskless configuration I've ever seen. I plan on committing this patch to negate this. The use of an MFS /var should also be settable. Otherwise installing ports(packages) is just a total PITA.