Re: System lock while accessing files causes file corruption

[utz lehmann <xfs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eric

Eric Sandeen [sandeen@xxxxxxx] wrote:
> But in any case, it occurred to me that you could make /etc on it's own
> partition, and mount that O_SYNC - I don't think that would be too much
> overhead, /etc doesn't get written that much on a normal system (?).  If
> Oracle puts config files elsewhere, you could simlink them onto this
> filesystem.

You can't make /etc on a different partition than /. 
/etc, /sbin, /dev (without devfs) must on the / partition otherwise your
system will not boot.


utz