[NTLUG:Discuss] Installation learning curve

[Dennis Kaptain]

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De: goodtimetribe <goodtimetribe at gmail.com>
Para: discuss at ntlug.org
Enviado: domingo, 13 de julio, 2008 0:26:43
Asunto: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 67, Issue 16

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You can already guess I'm disappointed that Ubuntu limits us from placing
/etc/ on its own partition.

Joshua K
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Joshua K
I don't think the requirement that /etc be on the / partition is an Ubuntu limitation, rather it is a requirement of LINUX. During the boot process there are many config files  that need to be read for the system to come up. Most importantly in this case is /etc/fstab. fstab  (File System TABle) tells where the other partitions are and how and where to mount them. If /etc were it's own random partition, how would it get found?

Dennis K


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