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From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Got My 2.1 CD! (Now What Do I Do?)
Date: 20 Dec 1995 15:50:15 GMT
Organization: Herve Schauer Consultants
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In article <4b7272$h4s@swlpak.msd.ray.com>,
William Gianopoulos {84718} <wag@swl.msd.ray.com> wrote:
> even mentions this second CD-ROM.  Of particular curiosity, is exactly why
> there would be a /tmp directory on a read-only device!

As the name implies, this is an image of a  *real* live file system (so you
have /tmp  too :-)), given for  all the files you may  want to  delete from
your hard disk because you're sure to have them on the CD.

You're not supposed to mount the CD on / :-)))

[ Cc'ed to William ]
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