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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!cbgw2.lucent.com!nntphub.cb.lucent.com!ssbunews.ih.lucent.com!news From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@lucent.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to link /bin (and /sbin) dynamically? Date: 20 May 1997 11:32:01 +0200 Organization: Lucent Technologies, Indian Hill Lines: 27 Sender: plm@hzsbc259.nl.lucent.com Message-ID: <y7z2072v69a.fsf@hzsbc259.nl.lucent.com> References: <y7zyb9f26wi.fsf@hzsbc259.nl.lucent.com> <sejsozn4470.fsf@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hzsbc259.nl.lucent.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.46/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41275 >> On 16 May 1997 15:17:23 -0400, Joel Ray Holveck >> <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> said: JRH> Peter Mutsaers <plm@lucent.com> writes: >> Everything in /bin and /sbin is linked statically. Isn't this a >> waste of diskspace and also doesn't it slow down things a bit? >> OK, I know it is more reliable, but OTOH if I have a boot >> floppy and regular tape backups, I can always reinstall the >> system in case of a filesystem damage or in case of a stupid >> error (like rm /usr/lib/libc*)... JRH> How are you supposed to restore from tape, without having the JRH> proper libraries? The point of /bin and /sbin is to be able JRH> to bootstrap the mounting of /usr, and to allow you to JRH> restore /usr in the event of a system crash. I don't see the problem. The bootfloppy (fixit) contains /stand, which includes static versions of restore, mount etc. Look, if your disk crashes, there is a good chance that the root filesystem crashes too. Then /bin and /sbin are gone anyway and you do need your backup tape and a fixit floppy. -- Peter Mutsaers | Lucent Technologies, Network Systems plm@lucent.com | Huizen, the Netherlands