no, i had the same problem when i installed.  wonder if putting
/root in after / may be the culprit?  never has been before, though.


--- Original Message ---
From: Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] root

>Hmm, I just installed 9.0 a few days ago, on two machines, and
each with 
>a separate /root partition.  Seemed to work fine.  (In both
cases, the 
>/root partition is (1) a primary partition, and (2) physically
before 
>the / partition (i.e., /root has a lower hda "number").)
>
>Am I misunderstanding the question, or ?
>
>Randy Kramer
>
>On Tuesday 08 October 2002 03:02 pm, Todd Lyons wrote:
>> Norman Zhang wrote on Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:41:54AM -0700 :
>> > In 8.2 I can creat a /root partition on its own, but in 9.0
I can
>> > longer do that. When I try, I get a prompt telling me that /root
>> > should be with the root partition. Can I still create /root
on its
>> > own? If not why not? Thanks.
>>
>> Heavily discussed on the Cooker mailing list.  The answer is
that the
>> FHS doesn't require /root to be on the / partition, but it is
>> recommended that it be.  If the user chooses to override it,
he can
>> make it a symlink or a seperate mount.  The 9.0 installer will not
>> let you do it, but the 9.1 installer will.
>>
>> Blue skies...                        Todd
>
>



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