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Date:      Thu, 04 Jul 1996 05:40:55 +0100
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, tom@sdf.com, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, root@friday.keanesea.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What is the best way to setup a drive 
Message-ID:  <12468.836455255@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jul 1996 21:01:44 PDT." <199607040401.VAA12261@phaeton.artisoft.com> 

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Terry Lambert wrote in message ID
<199607040401.VAA12261@phaeton.artisoft.com>:
> The "/etc" directory is not allowed to be other than on the root file
> system, by definition.  That resolves the symlink problem.

Umm? What was being talked about (if you remember) was having a
read-only root filesystem. Then someone pointed out that that'd stop
you changing passwords, so then a symlink from /etc to a read-write FS
was suggested ... Which makes me wonder where your FS ``improvements''
fit in? They don't solve the problem of how to figure out where to get
the /etc directory from.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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