Re: Using git on / for configuration files

2012-06-09 Thread Tomer Cohen
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Eli Billauer e...@billauer.co.il wrote: ** I tried to symlink /boot/grub/ and got one single file (the symbolic link itself). Some googling immediately revealed that making git follow symlinks is a popular question, with a typical answer that git doesn't like

Re: Using git on / for configuration files

2012-06-09 Thread Eli Billauer
Let's take them one by one: bind mounting: That reminds me that I once mounted my / somewhere under my home directory to make it temporarily available over an SMB share. It was a quick thing, and then I went rm -rf on the directory under which the mount was done. The only time ever I needed

[HAIFUX LECTURE] Disk storage media by Guy Keren

2012-06-09 Thread Eli Billauer
On Monday, June 11th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear a talk by Guy Keren: Disk storage media - state of the art in the enterprise world Abstract This is a: 1. very detailed-oriented talk. 2. no prior knowledge required. 3. not specific to linux. 4. not useful for home users - it all