On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:

> Michael Beattie wrote:
>   >
>   >Is there any significant difference between /bin|/sbin and
>   >/usr/bin|/usr/sbin ??? I am just interested as to why there are two bin
>   >and sbin directorys.
> 
> Stuff in /usr may not be present when the machine first boots - if /usr is
> a separate partition.  Programs in /bin and /sbin are needed in single user
> mode when /usr is not mounted.
> 
> 

Thought that might be the case....

                       Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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