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Subject: Re: problem with 2.0.5 alpha using NFS install
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 19:52:03 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199506090225.LAA04782@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jun 9, 95 11:55:48 am
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> 
> >   Otherwise you have no idea where you went wrong when you
> >   see the message later.)
> 
> IMHO, / should _always_ be newfs'd, but as this is a change from
> previous versions, I'm sure there's a Very Good Reason.
so you can RECOVER your system and not just CLOBBER it :)
> 
> 
> What does /mnt/etc/fstab look like? That's the one of interest.
can it really matter at this stage?
she HAS the mount up and running, and the fstab is not used to do that.