Subject: Re: rc.d boot log [was: Re: Cosmetic changes to rc.d scripts]
To: James Chacon <jmc@NetBSD.org>
From: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 10/14/2004 10:58:13
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 22:20:20 -0500
James Chacon <jmc@NetBSD.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:13:01AM +1000, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 05:52:03PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> >   | I agree that this is a dirty hack. :-) It would not be easier and more
> >   | useful to start copying stdout/stderr to the log at the top of /etc/rc,
> >   | instead of adhockery scattered throughout the rc scripts?
> > 
> > Where would you write to with `/' being read-only when /etc/rc starts ?
> 
> Mount a small mfs partition? (sick but workable)
> 

The kernel may be built without mfs support.

--
Mishka.