Re: 5.3-Beta7 diskless boot: it boots but has empty /var (on /dev/md1) !?
From: Ryan Sommers (ryans_at_gamersimpact.com)
Date: 10/17/04
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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:45:18 -0500 To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Rob wrote:
> However, on the diskless PC, /var is on a memory
> disk, but that directory is completely empty:
>
> disklessPC# ls -a /var
> . .. .snap
>
> disklessPC# mount
> 192.168.123.254:/ on / (nfs, read-only)
> devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
> /dev/md0 on /etc (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
> /dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> 192.168.123.254:/usr on /usr (nfs, read-only)
> 192.168.123.254:/home on /home (nfs)
> /dev/md2 on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
>
> This has serious consequences on the diskless PC.
> For example, sshd cannot start because /var/empty
> is not there. There is no information in /var/run,
> /var/log etc.
>
> Is something missing in the /etc/rc.d/initdiskless script,
> or have I forgotten something?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob.
The /var memory disk needs to be populated with a base structure. This
is handled in initdiskless by templates (see
/etc/rc.d/initdiskless:285). You can either have them as subdirectories
in your /conf/ or as dir.cpio.gz cpio'gzip archives that are then extracted.
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