> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, John Summerfield wrote: > > > I don't see why you shouldn't have / ro, have a basic /etc with enough for > > system recovery and to have an entry in /etc/inittab to run a script to loc > ate > > and mount the real /etc over the top. You could probably do it from /linuxr > c > > too, I have an installer that runs entirely from there;-) > > Hmmm... > > /etc/mtab : The list of currently mounted partitions. Can it be replaced > by a link to /proc/mounts ?
It can. However, losing it over a reboot wouldn't matter;-) > /etc/lvmtab : information about LVM volums . updated by vgscan on each > boot. To re-update it, run vgscan again. Presumably you could symlink it to some place in /var. > > Anything else that is normally written to /etc ? > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir > -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!