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Peter Risdon wrote:

<snip>

>>>#mv /sbin /usr/sbin
>>>#ln -s /usr/sbin /sbin
>>>      
>>>
>I have a system I need to hose this weekend anyway, so checked first. I
>moved the /root directory to /usr/root, then exited from su - and su
>still worked. Then I rebooted into single user mode and got a shell. So
>it seemed fine, if mildly inadvisable.
>
>Therefore, as far as I can see and I did check, you can boot into single
>user mode without a /root directory.
>
>Peter.
>
I was in reference to the /sbin moving to /usr/sbin.

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