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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!grivel!neumann.une.edu.au!awesley From: awesley@neumann.une.edu.au (Anthony Wesley) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 386BSD: /bin -> /usr/bin reorganization Message-ID: <awesley.722734655@neumann.une.edu.au> Date: 25 Nov 92 23:37:35 GMT References: <DERAADT.92Nov17041728@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> <1992Nov18.064604.2992@pool.info.sunyit.edu> <CGD.92Nov18155017@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: usenet@grivel.une.edu.au Lines: 30 cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes: >In article <DERAADT.92Nov17041728@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) writes: >>Among a large number of other Sunifications I have made to my 386BSD >>system, I've made this one: >> >>lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 8 Oct 24 21:05 bin@ -> /usr/bin >> >there are problems with this: notably, straight bsd systems >aren't "meant" to mount /usr when they're brought up into single user >mode. >i assume you're running with / and /usr physically residing in the same >partition. otherwise, i don't see how this could work -- sh is in >/bin, so you couldn't even run /etc/rc, if / and /usr were in different >partitions. >I think any Sun admin who saw you running with / and /usr in the same >partition would die laughing. Then why does the default installation set it up this way? I wondered that after installing the system and not being asked about filesystems/disk cache etc. I know that with a bit of work the system can be changed to accommodate these things, but I haven't done that yet (been too busy playing with it!). Perhaps someone knowledgeable can explain this?? regards, anthony awesley@neumann.une.edu.au