On 4/6/10, Matthew Seaman <m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On 07/04/2010 06:28:40, Peter Steele wrote: >> I found something else that's missing--/var/db/pkg is empty. It looks >> like what the auto-var process does is a construct basic directory >> structure but no data. Is there a solution to this? Can I get /var to >> be populated with the full contents of the real /var? > > Can you write a few shell scripts? You'ld need to create a tarball of > the /var contents you need on the box, and explode it onto /var at boot > time -- if you're using auto-var on MFS all the time, you'll need to set > that up to happen on every reboot.
I'm probably missing something here, but I'm not sure that's correct. If the OP wants his own /var, then diskless(8) describes how /var can be automagically populated (see also /etc/rc.initdiskless). The nanobsd.sh script (designed with flash drives in mind) uses this method. I looked into adopting something similar some time back but decided on an alternative solution so I can't provide anything more than a general comment. As a side comment, I'd add I hope the OP publishes the results of his efforts to benefit others who may want to do the same. HTH _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
