Here are some quick answers.
First, as others pointed out, you're not restricted to install your Fink environment on a root partition. (I find your term "boot drive" somewhat misleading -- in most cases, people have just one drive). As Martin pointed out, if you have multiple partions, you just need to move /sw after installation and move it onto other parition, say X, and then create a symlink to /sw from /Volumes/X/sw. This option is not officially suported, but many users have reported it works fine.
Second, you might ask why things are what they are. I guess, from a practical point of view, the answer would be this: root partition is the ONLY place people can install Fink on, because OS X installer creates just a gigantic root partion by default, even without telling users that they can create multiple partitions. So, unless you've already known it's possible and are willing to take pains to create partitions like /Users (equivalent of /home, sort of), /usr, /usr/local/ by yourself, you just have a single, gigantic root partition /. So, practically speaking, there's no way other than creating sw directory on the root partition, it seems. (Please correct me if I'm mistaken here.)
I hope this helps
Cheers,
Kow
On Sunday, Dec 22, 2002, at 12:53 US/Pacific, Stephen Beckwith wrote:
Greetings People,
First, I want to apologize for what I am about to say, however, I feel that it needs to be said!
As a fellow software developer (I have 20+ years experience in developing EMBEDDED software), I REALLY Appreciate the hard work that has gone into this project. I hope to, sometime in the near future, join this work, to help and expand packages available to us "embedded developers" on the MAC OS X platform. That said . . .
Since you obviously put some serious thought into how to go and do this project, and took the effort to make sure that this would NOT "pollute" the Apple system (through the choice of using the SW Directory), then WHY, WHY, WHY and I STILL RESTRICTED to installing this on the "BOOT" DRIVE?????? I am completely beside myself here people! After putting ALL this thought into this, you don't allow me to install this on another drive? WHY????? If you have truly "divorced" yourself from the Apple software, then WHY?????
I realize that we've come a long way since my first 10 M (yes, MEG) Seagate Hard Drive hooked up to a modified "fat mac", and that 60 GIG is a lot of space! But as we all know, "all software will grow to fill all available space". That's why I installed a second, 80 GIG drive where I keep my music files, picture files, and where I want to keep the FINK based development stuff (including Gnome, and lots of other stuff).
Having put 90% of the thought into this you have create a wonderful system. BUT, you missed that small, 10% that makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE in the world!
PLEASE, this is not meant to criticize or in any way detract from what you've done. My intention is to see that FINK is IMPROVED and made EVEN BETTER in the long run!.
Thanks for a great job very well done!
Warmest Regards,
Stephen Beckwith
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