Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:37:56 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Subject: Re: /usr/home vs /home Message-ID: <201202211437.57176.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <201202210606.q1L66vQO003582@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201202210606.q1L66vQO003582@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Hi, On Tuesday 21 February 2012 13:06:57 Robert Bonomi wrote: > Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> wrote: > > On Monday 20 February 2012 21:44:43 Da Rock wrote: > > > On 02/18/12 17:47, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > > > > 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 14" could be true as it just fitted into a 19" rack. SMD? I have no idea. It was something others did not use I have known then. SCSI came only later, ST506? Did it exist already? Erich
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