Can "/etc/rc.conf" be replaced with a symlink?

[Clay]

All,

I changed fstab so that my data partition would supposely mount before root, 
moved/symlink'd rc.conf, and rebooted.  This did not allow rc.conf to be 
found, so doing this did not make it work.  I will leave rc.conf in /etc for 
now and maybe work on a solution at a later time.

Thanks for the responses!
-Clay
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Joshua Tinnin
To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org ; Clay
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Can "/etc/rc.conf" be replaced with a symlink?


On Monday 28 February 2005 06:32 pm, "Clay"
<crs.freebsd_mailinglist at users.nuaptools.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Tinnin
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:03 PM
> On Monday 28 February 2005 04:55 am, "Clay"
> <crs.freebsd_mailinglist at users.nuaptools.com> wrote:
> > I realized what the problem mostly likely was after submitting the
> > question. I do believe that the mount point where I am wanting to
> > have rc.conf located is not yet available when the file is read.
> > Is there a way to have this FS mounted prior to rc.conf being read?
> > Could I maybe place this mount point above the root in fstab?  I
> > will give it try when I have time later today.
>
> Perhaps there is a better solution that will eliminate the need to
> deal with this issue. You might consider writing a script that will
> backup the files you want, which you write once and use forever, or
> you can dump the root filesystem (for one) to a backup disk and/or a
> compressed file. This can be done on a regular basis with a cron job.
> I'm not sure what your specific needs are, but there are easier ways
> to do backups.
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> I could and may eventually write a script.
>
> I am putting together a media server for hosting my CD's as MP3's.  I
> am wanting to move as many of system and app config files I change
> through this process to a location on my "data" partition so that I
> won't have to redo them in the event that I rebuild the root
> partition.

OK, well I'm not terribly familiar with working around the normal boot
process, other than working with various bootloaders. I am not sure,
but it could be a bit tricky. Maybe someone else would know ... ?

- jt