Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 14:14:58 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: proff@suburbia.net (Julian Assange) Cc: terry@lambert.org, 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 driver Message-ID: <199607042114.OAA13601@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199607040542.PAA00558@suburbia.net> from "Julian Assange" at Jul 4, 96 03:42:31 pm
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> > The "/etc" directory is not allowed to be other than on the root file > > system, by definition. That resolves the symlink problem. > > This is not clear to me. Can you explain in more detail how this resolves > the problem? If /etc is not allowed to be a symlink, you do not have to worry about the target of the link not being mounted. One wonders how you would run /etc/rc to mount the volume with the link target to get at the rc file without first running the rc file in any case. Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this..." Doctor: "Don't do that." Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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