On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Philip Webb wrote: > if i make a separate partition for /etc , mt i run into a problem ? > i'm wondering if it mb needed for booting before part'ns are mounted > & seem to remember someone having trouble with this once somewhere.
Yes, you will have a problem if /etc is not on the "/" partition, for the reason that you state. Generally, the contents of /etc don't take up an awful lot of space anyway, as we're talking mostly text files here. On this 9.0 box, my /etc is a whopping 11 MB, and I have a *lot* of apps on this thing. If there is one particular file or subdir within /etc that takes up a lot of space, then you *may* be able to place it elsewhere and symlink to it; whether that will work will depend on which file/dir it is. HTH! -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you *are* the sucker." - Mike McDermott
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