Subject: re: MFS over ISO-9660 union mounted with no swap space?
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/11/1999 18:14:06
On Wed, 12 May 1999, matthew green wrote:

>    
>    1. Is unionfs stable enough for this?
> 
> well, probably.  it seems to work OK if you don't access it at multiple
> concurrent times (eg, 'make -j6 build' :).

Also, I've managed to identify a repeatable panic with unionfs:  just
cd to the union mount pint, and then try to run shutdown!  You'll most
likely get a "panic: using decomissioned lock" error!

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