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Subject: Re: /etc on a separate filesystem ?
From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Lowell Gilbert <
freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:

> Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> writes:
>
> > Michael Sierchio wrote:
> >> > Is it possible to keep /etc on a separate filesystem?
> >> No. /etc/fstab, among other things
> >
> > That's why I am asking.
>
> It kind of depends on *why* you're asking.


Sounds an awful lot like an XY problem to me.



-- 
Adam