On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:06:10AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:55:57AM +0200, C. Kukulies wrote: > > ===> rescue/rescue > > install -s -o root -g wheel -m 555 rescue /rescue > > install -o root -g wheel -m 555 nextboot_FIXED /rescue/nextboot.sh > > install: /rescue/nextboot.sh: Not a directory > > *** Error code 71 > > > > Stop in /u/src/rescue/rescue. > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Looking into / I see that /rescue is a file. > > There was some pilot error in the order in which you updated your system > after we added 'rescue'. You need to 'rm -rf /rescue ; mkdir /rescue' > and then rebuild and install it. > > > What is the safe method to put /rescue elsewhere (in an area with enough > > space). It also seems that it is being deleted by make world, at least I > > seem to remember that putting a soft link into /rescue into / didn't > > help either. > > You're missing the point of /rescue. It MUST be in / to be of any use. Yeah, but what do if the partition overflows? Actually I never had the need for it in the past. What would be the correct use of /rescue? The most cumbersome issue in the past was the ever growing root FS in FreeBSD. I wish back the days of a 40 MB root FS. Is it possible to switch it off? Or to circumvent it somehow? -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku_at_physik.rwth-aachen.deReceived on Mon Oct 20 2003 - 08:55:00 UTC
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