Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:56:01 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Ville-Pertti Keinonen <will@iki.fi> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it soup yet? :-) Message-ID: <199811111756.JAA04059@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "11 Nov 1998 11:42:42 GMT." <19981111114242.7862.qmail@ns.oeno.com>
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> > > > > 3. /usr/mdec is a silly-assed name. Who thought of it? What does it even > > > > The mdec name certainly isn't FreeBSD-specific, changing it would add > > > to the difficulty of finding things based on a "general knowledge" of > > > Unix-like systems. > > > Has it: FreeBSD, NetBSD, possibly OpenBSD. > > Doesn't have it: Solaris 2, HP-UX, Digital Unix, BSD/OS, RedHat 5.2 > > Digital UNIX has /mdec. I doubt I'm the only person who associates > the name mdec with a directory that contains binary boot code images > for various disk/filesystem types and methods of boot. I don't object > to changing it, but simply wanted to point out that changing it can > add confusion. > > I don't like the idea of putting boot block images in /boot, though. > (Unless they are magically mapped to where they are actually read from > on boot) I think the issue is perhaps a little over-emotional. The images total 8k in three files, and really don't justify or warrant a directory all to themselves *anywhere*. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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