Re: ?? how to get SystemStarter/diskarbitrationd to wait for drives to mount ??
Re: ?? how to get SystemStarter/diskarbitrationd to wait for drives to mount ??
- Subject: Re: ?? how to get SystemStarter/diskarbitrationd to wait for drives to mount ??
- From: "Thibaut VARENE" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:54:46 +0200 (CEST)
- Bounce-to: "Thibaut VARENE" <email@hidden>
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:57:13 -0700
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Subject: ?? how to get SystemStarter/diskarbitrationd to wait for drives to mount ??
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hi,
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i've moved some of the dirs in my /etc hierarchy (e.g. /etc/postfix) off my
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startup partition (mac7_OSX) to a second drive (mac7_LOCAL/etc/postfix).
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i've then symlinked the dirs from the mac7_LOCAL back to the startup
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drive, i.e.:
[...]
This is completely wrong, from a UNIX point of view.
"/etc" (or anything under "/etc") has never meant to be put aside
"/", and whatever UNIX OS you use, if you want to do this it's both
risky and tricky.
I suggest you take a look at Google searching for "/etc on separate
partition", you'll see various explanations about why it's wrong.
Basically, /etc contains the early startup scripts, and putting /etc
anywhere else than "/" (or even part of it) would be equally as
dangerous as putting parts of "/sbin" on another partition.
These are parts of the core files needed to boot so they have to be on
the same disk. That's why they're so compact (disk space), and that's
why there is a "/usr"...
HTH,
Thibaut VARENE
The PA/Linux ESIEE Team
http://www.pateam.org/
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