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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:00:21 -0500
From: Craig Reyenga <craig@puresimplicity.net>
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 09:30:24PM -0800, Rob wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In /boot/defaults/loader.conf there's the line:
> 
> #init_path="[...skip...]:/stand/sysinstall"
> 
> I wonder if /stand/sysinstall is still appropriate
> as one of the defaults in the init path.
> 
> There has been a plan to remove /stand/ altogether
> after install, or even have it completely replaced
> by /rescue/.
> 
> Moreover, a more up-to-date sysinstall is now in
> /usr/sbin/sysinstall !!
> 
/usr is almost certainly a different filesystem, making that copy of
sysinstall inappropriate for init duty.

-Craig

> Regards,
> Rob.
>