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.  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 mkisofs in /usr is not inconsistent.
> 
> Sure.  
> 
> I _think_ Marcus was simply arguing that one command is in a `bin'
> directory and the other in an `sbin' directory (regardless of the
> `usr' issue).

Peter is correct. mke2fs could be in /bin without conflicting with what Tony
(rightfully) said.

Thanks,
Marcus

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