030918 Bill Mullen wrote: > 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.
my memory is better than i thought it was (grin)! > Generally, the contents of /etc don't take up an awful lot of space anyway, > as we're talking mostly text files here. my reason is not space, but emergency re-installs (hopefully never needed). it wb nice not to lose my fine-tuned settings & configur'ns, but i'm fairly conscientious re back-ups, which always include /etc , so it's not vital to be able to re-install w/o reformatting /etc . > HTH thanx, it certainly has ! -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto
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