A bit of tounge and cheek, but in the days of very limited disk space, it 
was not unusual for file systems:
/, /tmp /usr /var /usr/users and whatever else one needed on a time 
sharing system.

On 3 Aug 2000, at 17:28, Tom Rauschenbach wrote:

> On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> [snip]
> > The important issues are how you use your system. Many home users 
> > just create a /boot and /. Older Unix people create more partitions for 
> > some historical reasons.
>  
> This cracked me up.  Last night I finished cutting my 10 gig drive into 12
> partitions!  I've been a "Unix person" for about 20 years...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Standard is better than better.  If your web page cares what browser I'm using
> it's broken.
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Jerry Feldman
Contractor, eInfrastructure Partner Engineering   
508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/

Compaq Computer Corp.
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Marlboro, Ma. 01752

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