Don Lewis <truckman_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> Ah! Yes! I tend to forget this is possible. In my mind a memory/swap >> based FS >> as a "leaf" in the directory tree... or more correctly, the subtree >> below the >> memory/swap based FS isn't allowed to contain a mointpoint of a non >> memory/swap based FS. Any other use which may require to break this rule has >> to use symlinks instead and isn't allowed to break the rule. > > I'm pretty sure that sysinstall violates that by using a memory-backed > fs for the root partition. The file systems being installed-to are > mounted below this memory-backed fs. On a typical desktop or server installation there's no need to allow it, but sysinstall is a special case. To me sysinstall is like an embedded system. You have special requirements there and you should be allowed to do everything you want (you have to take care of the edge cases yourself). But as you already said, as long as the md device doesn't use swap space, everything should be fine. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander _at_ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild _at_ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 The source for an unattributed quotation will appear in the most hostile review of your work.Received on Fri Jun 03 2005 - 05:36:51 UTC
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