Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:25:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, Todd Backman <tbackman@c523578-a.sttls1.wa.home.com>, "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com>, phrotos@email.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to change the shell? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905111824590.402-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <3738AC29.35E46875@confusion.net>
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Well, if you can't mount "/usr" you can't load the libraries that bash needs. No libraries, no bash. No bash, no shell. I think that's a problem. :) On Tue, 11 May 1999, Laurence Berland wrote: :I've heard that many times, is there any reason not to just put tcsh, :bash, etc on the root partition? : : :> > :> The only problem with this is that if the machine can't mount your disks :> and you need to work in single-user mode, bash won't run. csh and sh are :> in the root partition /, so they're available. If the machine can't load :> bash for you, it will fall back to sh, so I've never had a problem doing :> the simple things I need to do in SU mode. I find that the benefits of :> having shell consistency far outweigh the downside. I've got enough to :> learn in this lifetime without having to deal with csh and vi too! :> -- :> Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" :> Wilde Media :> 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 :> Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net :> :> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message : :-- :Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate :<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> :Windows 98: n. : useless extension to a minor patch release for : 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a : 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system : originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, : written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for : 1 bit of competition. :http://stuy.debate.net :icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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