Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:34:09 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. Message-ID: <l03020907b15cc283cfbb@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <199804170534.WAA00450@antipodes.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:50:55 PDT." <199804170150.SAA03474@bubba.whistle.com>
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At 6:34 am +0100 17/4/98, Mike Smith wrote: >A new banner: "/etc must die!". I disagree. The more mechanism that minimally has to be working before the system can boot, run a shell and talk to a network, the more nervous I get. init is too complicated already. Just because Apallo did it 15 years ago and Windows does it now, doesn't mean it's necessarily a good idea. KISS -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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