Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:06:57 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: erich@alogreentechnologies.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: /usr/home vs /home Message-ID: <201202210606.q1L66vQO003582@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <201202210910.20658.erich@alogreentechnologies.com>
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Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Monday 20 February 2012 21:44:43 Da Rock wrote: > > On 02/18/12 17:47, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > >> There may have been a historic reason, but now it is philosophical - trying > > > when I got my hands for the first time on a BSD system, the machine has had several 5MB hard disks. > > > > > > I assume that what now is called partitioning came from the need to have several disks to run a serious system. > > > > > > And yes, it was possible to boot and run BSD with at least 20 users on several 5MB disks. > > > > > > Erich > > Erich, can I be so bold as to ask what brand the disks were? And tax > > your memory as to when? > > it was DEC PDP-11 with a strange drive. One disk was fixed, one was removable. > This is the reason why it was easy to switch the operating system. RL .. > something like this was the disk name. AHA. probably an 'RL-05', cousin to the better known "RK-05" 14" media, in a 'cartridge'. I -think- it was an 'SMD' interface
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