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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:11051 gnu.misc.discuss:15323 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.claremont.edu!bridge2!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Taylor UUCP on FreeBSD??? Message-ID: <2ua29o$d4t@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Date: 22 Jun 94 19:09:44 GMT References: <2u73ti$egn@glitnir.ifi.uio.no> <RSANDERS.94Jun21155032@hrothgar.mindspring.com> <2u7tcb$6mr@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <1994Jun22.095452.4237@uk.ac.swan.pyr> Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <1994Jun22.095452.4237@uk.ac.swan.pyr>, Alan Cox <iiitac@uk.ac.swan.pyr> wrote: >In article <2u7tcb$6mr@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >>As a FreeBSD developer, I'll give a quick WHY we did it that way. > >This is quite interesting and I'm curious to know why you didn't link everything >dynamically and have a floppy disk for rescue work. The disk is really needed >anyway in case you manage a stunt like destroying the partition table or >corrupting a superblock (granted not a common occurence). Because it's one more thing to worry about, and you will rarely need a 'fixit' floppy.; (Mine's lying around here somewhere. I think it's from the 386bsd days though, with updated FreeBSD binaries on it. :-) Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.