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[ILUG] History of /etc ?

[ILUG] History of /etc ?

Paul Jakma paul at clubi.ie
Mon May 31 15:23:03 IST 2004


On Mon, 31 May 2004, John P. Looney wrote:

>  Like, what's this /usr folder for, eh ? When was the last time you
> needed to have it mounted over NFS, because your disk was too small
> for a proper / ?

Never mind NFS, Small minimal roots are good. Non-system setup stuff
should not be in /.

(ever rescued a system by booting off an old root?)
 
> john

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