Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 19:15:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.6 Install question (resend) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108191232.8085A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701090056.RAA10596@xmission.xmission.com>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Softweyr LLC wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, David Lewis wrote:
> % Turns out that the kernel install doesn't like /sbin to not be loading on
> % the / partition. I was attempting to install /sbin on its own partition.
> %
> % Once I backed out of this and installed /sbin under /, the problem was
> % resolved (after much irritation and headache).
>
> Doug White responded:
> > So you created a mountpoint /sbin?
> >
> > How odd... I'll keep that for future reference.
>
> OTTMCO. /sbin is, literally, "standalone bin;" it is needed to bring
> the system up. Everything needed to bring the system up must be in the
> root filesystem.
I thought it was "Superuser BINaries". (see /usr/sbin)
hier(7) reports:
/sbin/ system programs and administration utilities fundamental to
both single-user and multi-user environments
or, for /usr/sbin:
sbin/ system daemons & system utilities (executed by users)
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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