Re: mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase

2000-08-18 Thread Scott Ellis
ect: Re: mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > There is some inconsistency here. > > > > ulysses:~# which mkisofs > > /usr/bin/mkisofs > > ulysses:~# which mke2fs >

Re: mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase

2000-08-18 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 01:06:26PM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > I disagree. You *NEED* to have a copy of mke2fs in the root filesystem > in case /usr or any other mounted filesystem gets whacked. OTOH, you > probably won't be mastering any CD images while your system is crippled, > so having mkis

Re: mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase

2000-08-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 04:15:17PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > There is some inconsistency here. > > > > ulysses:~# which mkisofs > > /usr/bin/mkisofs > > ulysses:~# which mke2fs > > /sbin/mke2fs > > tony mancill wrote: > > > I disagree. Y

Re: mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase

2000-08-17 Thread Peter S Galbraith
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > There is some inconsistency here. > > ulysses:~# which mkisofs > /usr/bin/mkisofs > ulysses:~# which mke2fs > /sbin/mke2fs tony mancill wrote: > I disagree. You *NEED* to have a copy of mke2fs in the root filesystem > in case /usr or any other m

Re: mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase

2000-08-17 Thread tony mancill
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:26:17AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > > The things that we do put in /sbin, for the same reasons, we > > expect that the average user will not use them and might be confused > > by encountering them. For examp

mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase

2000-08-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:26:17AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > The things that we do put in /sbin, for the same reasons, we > expect that the average user will not use them and might be confused > by encountering them. For example, mkfs and fsck and so forth are in > /sbin. Anyon