On Monday 01 Oct 2012 17:19:40 Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 01.10.2012 15:50, schrieb Paul Gideon Dann:
> > Makes sense. I would certainly think twice for something as complex as a
> > full interactive desktop setup. I hold by NFS for this cluster, though.
> If you don't run a desktop, then you may be fine.
>
> > I really like your sync-on-boot solution. I'd like to store this
> > information away for future use. How did you implement it? Something in
> > an initrd hook?
> sysupgrade install hook (run without autodetect):
>
> [...]
>
> sysupgrade run hook:
>
> [...]
>
> my sync_include_file looks like this:
>
> [...]
>
> # Site-specific config files
> [...]
>
> Note that this syncs the whole content of /var/lib/{pacman,texmf}, but
> otherwise only recreates the directory structure of /var and does not
> sync any files.
>
> Also note that you must load the kernel and initramfs from the network
> when running sysupgrade, so you can boot directly into the updated
> system when finished without a further reboot.
Thanks. I'm not sure what sysupgrade you're referring to? Sysupgrade seems
to be a BSD thing. It seems like this stuff needs to happen in the initrd,
but I'm a little confused that you haven't mentioned it. What is it that runs
these hooks?
Cheers,
Paul
