Odd "phantom MFS mountpoint" issue

Michael Proto mike at jellydonut.org
Mon Apr 10 19:55:18 UTC 2006


H. Wade Minter wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Michael Proto wrote:
> 
>>> How should I remove this mfs mountpoint permanently to get the
disk-based
>>> /tmp back?
>>>
>>> --Wade
>> Do you have tmpmfs defined in /etc/rc.conf? If tmpfs is enabled there it
>> will create a /tmp mfs as you are indicating.
> 
> Not that I see:
> 
> [minter at carlton ~]$ grep -i tmp /etc/rc.conf
> [minter at carlton ~]$
> 
> Thanks,
> Wade

Does /tmp exist and is writable when the system is started? Looking at
the test in /etc/rc.d/tmp, it looks like /tmp will be mounted as a mfs
if "/bin/mkdir -p /tmp/.diskless" fails.


-Proto


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