A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hi, > > On Wed, 19 Jan, 2000 ? 10:17:54AM +1100, Peter Ross wrote: > > well. AFAIK the only directories that need to be on the / partition are > > /bin, /sbin, and /etc. > > > Are you sure you don't need /lib and /dev ?
You're right; you usually do need them. Not always, though: sometimes many programs in /bin and /sbin (the ones needed at boot time) are all statically linked, so /lib isn't needed, unless you have any modules /lib/modules, at which time you have no choice :) /dev is only needed if /dev isn't populated at boot time by either a) a script or b) there's a pseudo filesystem (like /proc, or /dev/pts if you've seen a fresh install of potato) where nothing sits there anyway, and the device nodes are created dynamically as drivers are loaded by either a user-level daemon, or bey the kernel. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
