On Jun 22, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Stricklin, Raymond J wrote:
I have never, ever, EVER seen /etc split out, or at least not as anything other than a joke. Off the top of my head I can think of at least four different varieties of UNIX which won't even boot if you do that. Don't do it, it's completely unnecessary and will complicate your life in needless ways.
It actually makes some sense on Linux on s390 or s390x. That's because all your machine's personality is in /etc, so you can make / read-only and shared, as long as each machine has its own /etc and /var. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
