Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:58:02 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Larger dev_t |
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Dan Hollis wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > c) Make sure chown/chmod/link/symlink/rename/rm etc does the right thing, > > without the need for "tar hacks" or anything equivalently gross. > > write-through filesystem, like overlaying a r/w ext2 on top of an iso9660 > fs. >
This is not necessarily the right way to do it, since it may not carry with it the appropriate information. Richard, I belive, was planning to implement this using devfsd.
-hpa
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