From: Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d hostid Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:52:28 -0700 (PDT)
> On Tue, 22 May 2007, Brooks Davis wrote: > > > I think /etc or /boot is the right place and IIRC pjd had a reason why > > /etc was right. The problem with /var/db is that's it's not available > > until fairly late in the boot and hostid is needed for non-root disks. > > > > It's worth remembering that in the normal course of operation, > > /etc/hostid is written once per system lifetime. Making diskless users > > set it up by hand or as a symlink to somewhere writable seems harmless > > to me. > > That sounds reasonable. The problem with anything in '/' is that many people run FreeBSD systems with '/' completely read-only. But that also messes up a number of other things, which are typically dealt with via symlinks to a writable partition. Warner _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"