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Date:      Fri, 07 Jan 2005 07:39:23 -0800
From:      Tabor Kelly <tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net>
To:        Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: clearing space
Message-ID:  <41DEAD2B.4020105@taborandtashell.net>
In-Reply-To: <1105110782.708.149.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com>
References:  <6.2.0.14.0.20050106184116.01f2aa80@mail.face2interface.com> <20050107053638.GE27020@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> <6.2.0.14.0.20050107074632.03093500@mail.face2interface.com> <1105103142.708.136.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> <41DE9F26.6080700@taborandtashell.net> <1105110782.708.149.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com>

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Peter Risdon wrote:

<snip>

>>>#mv /sbin /usr/sbin
>>>#ln -s /usr/sbin /sbin
>>>      
>>>
>I have a system I need to hose this weekend anyway, so checked first. I
>moved the /root directory to /usr/root, then exited from su - and su
>still worked. Then I rebooted into single user mode and got a shell. So
>it seemed fine, if mildly inadvisable.
>
>Therefore, as far as I can see and I did check, you can boot into single
>user mode without a /root directory.
>
>Peter.
>
I was in reference to the /sbin moving to /usr/sbin.

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Tabor Kelly
tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net
http://tabor.taborandtashell.net



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