On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 at 13:48, Michael MacIsaac <[email protected]> wrote: > HUH? A UNIX with no vi? NEVER seen that before. > -bash: man: command not found
Well, you did say "minimal". Neither of those are necessary to get the system multi-user. Somebody probably intended that particular configuration to be the basis for building a custom image for appliance use; if you don't explicitly add it, it ain't there for a reason. Makes perfect sense for a system intended to run one or two applications from EPROM. That kind of setup isn't all that uncommon from the pre-Linux days. BSDI, XENIX, HP/UX and SunOS (pre-Solaris) all had a minimum install setup that you were supposed to use for embedded or disk-constrained systems. AT&T 3B2s came that way by default (one of the main reasons why AT&T couldn't give those turkeys away). It'd be interesting to see if the "minimal" configuration is useful for creating a system to be run from a DCSS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
