Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 01:50:00 +1100 (EST) From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.6 Install question (resend) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970110014559.1865A-100000@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108191232.8085A-100000@localhost>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: >> > 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) Well, I thought it was "system bin", as in system utilities and programs - programs used for and by the system itself. Having mount(8) on a non-root partition is sort of a catch-22. :-) I can easily understand why that wouldn't work, not to mention nfsiod and other essentials used in /etc/rc, let alone fsck and other anciliaries needed in case of emergency. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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