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Subject: Re: Root shell
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> Why is this not a good idea? The only reason I can think of it that you
> want your root shell on the root hard drive. As many system use a
> separate partition for /usr and that bash installs to /usr/local/bin per

yes it may be a reason, but there is always /rescue directory.

and - at least me - prefer to have as little partition as possible to not 
make things complicated.

most cases swap+/