The existing bazaar and site-specific policy in rc.diskless1 is Just Wrong;

and looks like no other Unix diskless configuration I've ever seen.
Thus allow a more traditional /etc.

Note, the use of an MFS /var should also be settable.
Otherwise installing ports(packages) is just a total PITA.

etc/rc.d/diskless

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mount_md()
 }
 
 # If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
-mount_md ${varsize:=65536} /var 1
+#
 if [ -r /etc/rc.subr ]; then
         . /etc/rc.subr
         load_rc_config $name
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fi
 
 # If /tmp is a symlink, assume it points to somewhere writable, like
 # /var/tmp, otherwise, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp.
-	mount_md ${tmpsize:=20480} /tmp 2
+#
 # XXX: mtree runs too early to create any directories needed in /tmp,
 # so if /var/tmp == /tmp, then you don't get a vi.recover.
 #

etc/rc.d/initdiskless

@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ for i in ${iflist} ; do
 done
 echo "Interface ${bootp_ifc} IP-Address ${bootp_ipa} Broadcast ${bootp_ipbca}"
 
+if [ -d /conf/default/etc ]; then
+	mount_md 4096 /etc 0
+	chkerr $? "MFS mount on /etc"
+	/bin/chmod 755 /etc
 
-mount_md 4096 /etc 0
-chkerr $? "MFS mount on /etc"
-/bin/chmod 755 /etc
-
-/bin/cp -Rp /conf/default/etc/* /etc
-chkerr $? "cp /conf/default/etc to /etc MFS"
+	/bin/cp -Rp /conf/default/etc/* /etc
+	chkerr $? "cp /conf/default/etc to /etc MFS"
+fi
 
 # Allow for override files to replace files in /etc.  Use /conf/*/etc to find
 # the override files.  First choice is default files that # always override,
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ for i in ${bootp_ipbca} ${bootp_ipa} ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+# Since we are starting with a very fresh /etc on an MFS:
+if [ -d /conf/default/etc ]; then
+	newaliases
+if
+
 # Tell /etc/rc to run the specified script after it does its mounts but
 # before it does anything else.
 #

etc/rc.d/resolv

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mount_md()
 }
 
 # If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
-mount_md ${varsize:=65536} /var 1
+#
 if [ -r /etc/rc.subr ]; then
         . /etc/rc.subr
         load_rc_config $name
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fi
 
 # If /tmp is a symlink, assume it points to somewhere writable, like
 # /var/tmp, otherwise, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp.
-	mount_md ${tmpsize:=20480} /tmp 2
+#
 # XXX: mtree runs too early to create any directories needed in /tmp,
 # so if /var/tmp == /tmp, then you don't get a vi.recover.
 #

etc/rc.d/tmp

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mount_md()
 }
 
 # If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
-mount_md ${varsize:=65536} /var 1
+#
 if [ -r /etc/rc.subr ]; then
         . /etc/rc.subr
         load_rc_config $name
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fi
 
 # If /tmp is a symlink, assume it points to somewhere writable, like
 # /var/tmp, otherwise, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp.
-	mount_md ${tmpsize:=20480} /tmp 2
+#
 # XXX: mtree runs too early to create any directories needed in /tmp,
 # so if /var/tmp == /tmp, then you don't get a vi.recover.
 #

etc/rc.d/var

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mount_md()
 }
 
 # If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
-mount_md ${varsize:=65536} /var 1
+#
 if [ -r /etc/rc.subr ]; then
         . /etc/rc.subr
         load_rc_config $name
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fi
 
 # If /tmp is a symlink, assume it points to somewhere writable, like
 # /var/tmp, otherwise, use a small memory filesystem for /tmp.
-	mount_md ${tmpsize:=20480} /tmp 2
+#
 # XXX: mtree runs too early to create any directories needed in /tmp,
 # so if /var/tmp == /tmp, then you don't get a vi.recover.
 #

etc/rc.diskless1

@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ for i in ${iflist} ; do
 done
 echo "Interface ${bootp_ifc} IP-Address ${bootp_ipa} Broadcast ${bootp_ipbca}"
 
+if [ -d /conf/default/etc ]; then
+	mount_md 4096 /etc 0
+	chkerr $? "MFS mount on /etc"
+	/bin/chmod 755 /etc
 
-mount_md 4096 /etc 0
-chkerr $? "MFS mount on /etc"
-/bin/chmod 755 /etc
-
-/bin/cp -Rp /conf/default/etc/* /etc
-chkerr $? "cp /conf/default/etc to /etc MFS"
+	/bin/cp -Rp /conf/default/etc/* /etc
+	chkerr $? "cp /conf/default/etc to /etc MFS"
+fi
 
 # Allow for override files to replace files in /etc.  Use /conf/*/etc to find
 # the override files.  First choice is default files that # always override,
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ for i in ${bootp_ipbca} ${bootp_ipa} ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+# Since we are starting with a very fresh /etc on an MFS:
+if [ -d /conf/default/etc ]; then
+	newaliases
+if
+
 # Tell /etc/rc to run the specified script after it does its mounts but
 # before it does anything else.
 #

etc/rc.diskless2

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "+++ mount_md of /var"
-mount_md ${varsize:=65536} /var 1
+mount_md ${varsize:=32m} /var 1
 
 echo "+++ populate /var using /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist"
 /usr/sbin/mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -p /var
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ mount -a       # chown and chgrp are in /usr
 # so if /var/tmp == /tmp, then you don't get a vi.recover.
 #
 if [ ! -h /tmp ]; then
-	mount_md ${tmpsize:=20480} /tmp 2
+	mount_md ${tmpsize:=64m} /tmp 2
 	chmod 01777 /tmp
 fi
 

etc/rc.initdiskless

@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ for i in ${iflist} ; do
 done
 echo "Interface ${bootp_ifc} IP-Address ${bootp_ipa} Broadcast ${bootp_ipbca}"
 
+if [ -d /conf/default/etc ]; then
+	mount_md 4096 /etc 0
+	chkerr $? "MFS mount on /etc"
+	/bin/chmod 755 /etc
 
-mount_md 4096 /etc 0
-chkerr $? "MFS mount on /etc"
-/bin/chmod 755 /etc
-
-/bin/cp -Rp /conf/default/etc/* /etc
-chkerr $? "cp /conf/default/etc to /etc MFS"
+	/bin/cp -Rp /conf/default/etc/* /etc
+	chkerr $? "cp /conf/default/etc to /etc MFS"
+fi
 
 # Allow for override files to replace files in /etc.  Use /conf/*/etc to find
 # the override files.  First choice is default files that # always override,
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ for i in ${bootp_ipbca} ${bootp_ipa} ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+# Since we are starting with a very fresh /etc on an MFS:
+if [ -d /conf/default/etc ]; then
+	newaliases
+if
+
 # Tell /etc/rc to run the specified script after it does its mounts but
 # before it does anything else.
 #