5.3-Beta7 diskless boot: it boots but has empty /var (on /dev/md1)
!?
Rob
spamrefuse at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 16 19:06:41 PDT 2004
Hi,
I am gradually making progress with configuring a
5.3-Beta7 PC as a server for a diskless boot up.
I followed instructions in diskless(8) manpage.
My diskless system boots and I can login.
So most of the work seems to be done.
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.
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