Stephan Seitz <stse+deb...@fsing.rootsland.net> writes: >>Isn't mounting filesystems, which can depend on the network, part of >>the boot process? > > Yes, but how do you check if the network is configured and operational? > - when the link is up? > - when the IP address is configured (how do you check this with > IPv6?)? What are you doing if more than one IP address is configured > for this NIC or more than one NIC is available? > - when the switch accepts traffic on the port you are connected to? > - when the router/firewall accepts traffic from your IP address? > > No event based init system will solve these problems when you have > dependencies outside the box you are booting. The local admin has to > check if all timings are right and must adjust them if they are not > fitting.
Er, what? Please don't throw out silly strawmen... -miles -- Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878vheipu5....@catnip.gol.com
