Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 09:00:36 -0700 From: Allen <soundbyte@sound-by-design.com> To: fcfbsd <fcfbsd@eircom.net>, "FreeBSD Organisation" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: BSD Install questions (WAS: Re: Pratt missing) Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000504090036.00d24ec0@pop.sfo.com> In-Reply-To: <E12n71e-0003s9-00@kang.tinet.ie>
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At 10:52 PM 5/3/2000 +0100, fcfbsd wrote: >Not really a good subject line if you don't mind me saying. I've made >some comments below. You're right. Oh, well.... BTW, thanks for the answers, they helped the brain learn new pathways for the rat to run the maze. [snip] >When you run the format utility from the install you can change the >options for each drive independantly. (more about that below) If I understand this correctly, I can create new slices on a drive for new file systems after I have already installed other slices/file systems without destroying data like Partition Magic for the x86 world? Is this correct? [snip] >Forget the filing cabinet analogy I went throught the same transition - >it doesn't fit. For Unix the best principle of understanding is (in my >experience) - try to understand the operating system then relate that to >the hardware. So "/" (root) is one file system and "/usr" is another, okay. And the tree form of /usr - /usr/bin, /usr/local, /usr/X11R6/bin makes sense in a tree structure, but what I'm confused about is the "/" in both root and "/usr". Doesn't the "/" refer to root in both cases? Or is it the "root of usr" and the "root of the root" file systems? If the later is the case, how are the different file systems connected so one can navigate around? It kind of sound like an issue of faith and theology. Very Berkleyian - it doen't exist unless I perceive it. I've never been very good at theological questions and had to give them up altogether after trying to figure out how many atoms could dance on the head of a pin made my head whirl. Again, thanks for a very helpful post and putting up with the same questions that you've heard over and over again, I'm sure. Allen Schaaf To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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