Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:45:13 +0100 From: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Alan Clegg <abc@firehouse.net> Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What is needed in /stand Message-ID: <20000331184513.A22797@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20000331124119.B10520@laptop.firehouse.net>; from abc@firehouse.net on Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 12:41:19PM -0500 References: <38E4CACD.177A6202@math.missouri.edu> <20000331165915.A21909@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000331124119.B10520@laptop.firehouse.net>
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 12:41:19PM -0500, Alan Clegg wrote: > > Stupid question: have you symlinked /var and /tmp to /usr? > > /tmp should not be linked anywhere off of the root file system. > > I'd recommend mounting an MFS or another filesystem on it, but not > symlinking it. > > Too many things use it (and depend on it) being there before /usr is > mounted (or if /usr is not available). Really? I was under the impression that this was OK, and actually standard procedure these days for simple installations. jm -- -------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org "You're the guy from the Hambuger Train, right?" -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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