From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 21 06:20:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B123106566C for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:20:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh1.interactivevillages.com (ca.2e.7bae.static.theplanet.com [174.123.46.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D8548FC16 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:20:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 184-78-197-203.war.clearwire-wmx.net ([184.78.197.203] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh1.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzj55-0000rC-Bq for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:19:44 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:20:11 -0800 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:20:11 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120221062011.GE6294@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> <201202210910.20658.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> <20120221052603.GC6294@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <201202211240.53859.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="K/NRh952CO+2tg14" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201202211240.53859.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh1.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: /usr/home vs /home X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:20:16 -0000 --K/NRh952CO+2tg14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Erich Dollansky on Tuesday, 21 February 2012: > Hi, >=20 > On Tuesday 21 February 2012 12:26:03 Chip Camden wrote: > > Quoth Erich Dollansky on Tuesday, 21 February 2012: > > > Hi, > > >=20 > > > On Monday 20 February 2012 21:44:43 Da Rock wrote: > > > > On 02/18/12 17:47, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > >=20 > > > > >> There may have been a historic reason, but now it is philosophic= al - trying > > > > > when I got my hands for the first time on a BSD system, the machi= ne 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 use= rs on several 5MB disks. > > > > > > > > > > Erich > > > > Erich, can I be so bold as to ask what brand the disks were? And ta= x=20 > > > > your memory as to when? > > >=20 > > > it was DEC PDP-11 with a strange drive. One disk was fixed, one was r= emovable. This is the reason why it was easy to switch the operating system= . RL .. something like this was the disk name. > > >=20 > >=20 > > I believe the 5MB removable were RL01. They also had a 10MB removable > > RL02, which we used for software distribution. We resold them to our > > customers at $170 each. >=20 > yes, this sound familiar. The RL02 came later. >=20 > I think that tapes were much more common for software distribution those = days. >=20 > I still remember the responsiveness of RSX-11 even compared to FreeBSD un= der all circumstances. Real time is real time. >=20 > Erich > >=20 Oh man -- we wrote process control software in Fortran-77 on RSX-11M to automate our software distribution processes. That was the best! DECNET to communicate between systems. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --K/NRh952CO+2tg14 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPQzebAAoJEIpckszW26+RlGMIAJcw9e469rha0O8BfmJtfUrY Srm5AiurmgJkFPU1jKm7y3cZHGd7Nx8rlc0Gkbn2AtwCSwmWyHOAx1XkHj+WZOPD 9dJYuefNTYiUbllSKBqjQj4o1B5C9+yOyyNOPbgV7MrHkn8YsM+ilVDzNu2LkELr 6LmJwEPNiP9DnA7Zg5nYXoeqTu07VgUt1Wayz5WoTTmX1z2xpWMnZjzuyBor137F GWlEhYtO0sz7ie3eEKq4GoKaTyEWZllRqVlpqaaOm78nYnY68InKrhuv5RDmxjB1 xCnlVJlPbkYSGjmniLasBL1rek48xSl7bqz6u4ADIg31jF2kgRole2b3DadV6j4= =udBa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K/NRh952CO+2tg14--