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On Monday 06 November 2006 17:12, Bruno wrote: |
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> How is the case where the / partition always remains ro handled? Is |
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> rc-state information put into a tmpfs partition on that location, is the |
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> location configured differently for those? |
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Good question! |
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/ is always ro at boot and the checkroot init script remounts it rw after |
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checking it. |
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As such, we mount /lib/rcscripts/init.d/ as tmpfs (or ramfs or similar). Yes, |
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this means that the kernel must be configured with a ramdisk or similar |
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OR /lib/rscripts/init.d is writeable. |
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At the end of the rc process (ie end of boot runlevel) we tar up our state |
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dir, unmount it and untar it back (taking good care with locking due to |
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parallel starts and event driven services). |
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Admittedly, an always ro / isn't handled right now, but I'll ensure it will be |
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for the next release :) |
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Thanks |
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Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o> |
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Gentoo/Linux/FreeBSD Developer (baselayout, networking) |
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