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Date:      Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:29:35 -0400
From:      David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>
To:        Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.3: /stand/ versus /rescue/ ?
Message-ID:  <16738.45007.276964.761754@canoe.dclg.ca>
In-Reply-To: <41605C2C.8050004@freebsd.org>
References:  <20041003124353.29822.qmail@web54005.mail.yahoo.com> <41605C2C.8050004@freebsd.org>

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>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> writes:

Tim> /stand is largely defunct.  It is, I believe, still used to
Tim> bootstrap the CD-ROM installation, but has no particular purpose
Tim> after that point.

I was always confused with sysinstall being in /stand.  I always
understood /stand as executables that ran from the loader.  The
"standalone environment."

Dave.

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