If I've got a filesystem, say /opt/SUNWspro that needs /opt. Today if /opt isn't mounted I can create a /opt/SUNWspro myself and do "mount /opt/SUNWspro" without /opt being there. I can then go and tend to /opt...
How would your proposal change what I did here? I'm not so much worried about how things work when the system is clean but what happens when things are broken and how do I mend them and work with a system that isn't in a completely healthy state? For example, booting up into single user, doing a "mountall -F ufs", doing stuff followed by ^D to resume booting isn't uncommon. How does this interact with what you're proposing? Darren
