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 ??

hi,

i've moved some of the dirs in my /etc hierarchy (e.g. /etc/postfix) off my

startup partition (mac7_OSX) to a second drive (mac7_LOCAL/etc/postfix).

i've then symlinked the dirs from the mac7_LOCAL back to the startup

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/ _______________________________________________ darwin-kernel mailing list | darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/darwin-kernel Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.