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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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On Tuesday 16 September 2003 11:31 am, Gary wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
>
> Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 10:59:19 AM, you wrote:
> >> room under /usr) without any problem.
> >>
> >> Thanks for input..
>
> ALG> I don't think you should do this.  In single-user mode, I don't think
> /usr ALG> would be mounted; so the system wouln't have access to /usr/etc
> until you ALG> mounted /usr manually.
>
> Excellent point.. given this limitation and caution, do you think it is
> still doable?

I'm not an expert; but it just doesn't pass the sniff test.  I wouldn't do it.

Andrew