Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:03:13:21:51:06-0600] scribed: > Michael D Schleif wrote: > >`not be hard-coded' is _exactly_ what I am referring to. > > > >I don't know how you are doing this; but, I can see value in having some > >arbitrary director(y|ies) persist across reboots -

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Michael D Schleif wrote: `not be hard-coded' is _exactly_ what I am referring to. I don't know how you are doing this; but, I can see value in having some arbitrary director(y|ies) persist across reboots -- in some applications. So, unless I am misunderstanding the previous dialog on this matter,

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:03:13:19:12:31-0600] scribed: > re-sent (forgot to include the list) > > Michael D Schleif wrote: > >* Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >[2004:03:13:16:47:02-0600] scribed: > > > > > >>I propose making log_mnt a new leaf.cfg variable (cou

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
re-sent (forgot to include the list) Michael D Schleif wrote: * Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:03:13:16:47:02-0600] scribed: I propose making log_mnt a new leaf.cfg variable (could also come in via the kernel command line). Rather than the format you used, however, I would like

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:03:13:16:47:02-0600] scribed: > I propose making log_mnt a new leaf.cfg variable (could also come in via > the kernel command line). Rather than the format you used, however, I > would like to use the existing PKGPATH/LEAFCFG format (dev[:filesy

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Eric Wolzak wrote: Hello Charles , List Sorry to get involved so late ( After a change of job, much time is consumed elsewhere :( ) Thanks for cleaning up /rewriting linuxrc. Some suggestions. 1. wouldn't it be a good Idea to include a dos2unix command in source() , people do edit with oth

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Eric Spakman wrote: Charles, A few comments (sorry, oflist again...). You create the /dev entries before you create the tmpfs. I don't think it's a problem but now all those entries get copied (qt cp -dpR $ii /tmpfs) to the new root (pivot_root) instead of created after the new root is set (

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Alex Rhomberg wrote: Charles, I finally have a working update to the /linuxrc script for bering. It seems to be time to try and submit my patch again It allows to use a log_mnt parameter to mount /var/log/ on a persistent partition that is not lost reboots. I use this to save the logs on a DoM.

RE: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Alex Rhomberg
Charles, > I finally have a working update to the /linuxrc script for bering. It seems to be time to try and submit my patch again It allows to use a log_mnt parameter to mount /var/log/ on a persistent partition that is not lost reboots. I use this to save the logs on a DoM. Could you take a l

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Eric Wolzak
Hello Charles , List Sorry to get involved so late ( After a change of job, much time is consumed elsewhere :( ) Thanks for cleaning up /rewriting linuxrc. Some suggestions. 1. wouldn't it be a good Idea to include a dos2unix command in source() , people do edit with other os as linux. D