Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:26:03 -0800 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/home vs /home Message-ID: <20120221052603.GC6294@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <201202210910.20658.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> <201202181447.32623.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> <4F425C5B.3040005@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <201202210910.20658.erich@alogreentechnologies.com>
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--Ycz6tD7Th1CMF4v7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Erich Dollansky on Tuesday, 21 February 2012: > Hi, >=20 > On Monday 20 February 2012 21:44:43 Da Rock wrote: > > On 02/18/12 17:47, Erich Dollansky wrote: >=20 > > >> There may have been a historic reason, but now it is philosophical -= trying > > > when I got my hands for the first time on a BSD system, the machine h= as had several 5MB hard disks. > > > > > > I assume that what now is called partitioning came from the need to h= ave several disks to run a serious system. > > > > > > And yes, it was possible to boot and run BSD with at least 20 users o= n several 5MB disks. > > > > > > Erich > > Erich, can I be so bold as to ask what brand the disks were? And tax=20 > > your memory as to when? >=20 > it was DEC PDP-11 with a strange drive. One disk was fixed, one was remov= able. This is the reason why it was easy to switch the operating system. RL= .. something like this was the disk name. >=20 I believe the 5MB removable were RL01. They also had a 10MB removable RL02, which we used for software distribution. We resold them to our customers at $170 each. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --Ycz6tD7Th1CMF4v7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPQyrrAAoJEIpckszW26+R/ZcH/09hD7yRHPzFjSCAMhwsQ+FP ntqxeDDPmL2kbvSH9ZRwEZ8+TcGbqTL0zGpspPnc5XM4bWOu3IoPZZ9FVYfAvPCx Aa0kdInf2i8uVwy5+QSMzfasmu+1EgFOW3wSxWmH1tIEYPpEFmssygfpgkyxU+fa wPGvEAaqeXsEPZkDQMm/GBTdrVhuHqomC0LJ8dhhO+1PNYici1quwco9QLVmalzE SzCz+muVW8wbmEkhiodVK4a0kT5tD+BFgAmv6Eqhm0O+sOu5i8SmNumNtC6lt+0v N+lWS9HCuUpIjADfOvBLzXWBz8lerOOuwebWuRvcvWg4bTme99WMat++yGmU5Dc= =eZhB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Ycz6tD7Th1CMF4v7--
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