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Date:      Tue, 26 Sep 1995 17:36:00 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        gryphon@healer.com (Coranth Gryphon)
Cc:        gryphon@healer.com, terry@lambert.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebs.org, kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Subject:   Re: ports startup scripts
Message-ID:  <199509270036.RAA08885@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199509262213.SAA18328@healer.com> from "Coranth Gryphon" at Sep 26, 95 06:13:01 pm

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> From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
> > /var or whatever.  All I want is a directory that doesn't get touched
> > on an upgrade so that I can drop in a new distribution sans my /home
> > partition and my system configuration data and be up and running.
> 
> Here we are in agreement. But I think trying to make a read-only
> configuration is a lot more hassle than it is worth.

Argument: boot from CDROM to see if you can successfully run the
new version on your particular hardware.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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