Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 12:48:04 -0500 From: Alan Clegg <abc@firehouse.net> To: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Alan Clegg <abc@firehouse.net>, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What is needed in /stand Message-ID: <20000331124804.D10520@laptop.firehouse.net> In-Reply-To: <20000331184513.A22797@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org on Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 06:45:13PM %2B0100 References: <38E4CACD.177A6202@math.missouri.edu> <20000331165915.A21909@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000331124119.B10520@laptop.firehouse.net> <20000331184513.A22797@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Out of the ether, J McKitrick spewed forth the following bitstream:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 12:41:19PM -0500, Alan Clegg wrote:
> > > Stupid question: have you symlinked /var and /tmp to /usr?
> >
> > /tmp should not be linked anywhere off of the root file system.
> >
> > I'd recommend mounting an MFS or another filesystem on it, but not
> > symlinking it.
> >
> > Too many things use it (and depend on it) being there before /usr is
> > mounted (or if /usr is not available).
>
> Really? I was under the impression that this was OK, and actually
> standard procedure these days for simple installations.
Yikes. Maybe my gray hairs are starting to show... And come to think
about it, that nose & ear hair-trimmer I got for Christmas may be useful
after all.
But I'd still not do it myself. 8)
AlanC
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