On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Brendan wrote: > On Monday 26 September 2005 07:20 pm, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > That's JUST you. I backup / as well, so... > > > > Please explain to me why should I NOT care that I can still remote connect > > through the serial console to a system where /home, /usr and /var is hosed, > > but / is still OK so it is trivial to rebuild from backup? > > Who said you shouldn't? I think you are not understanding....
"That's JUST you", to my not-native-english-speaker skills is a sarcastic way to say "nobody else but you". So, I replied with a reason why many administrators would care about the state of /, even if /home is gone, and why they would have them separate to improve the chances of / surviving. > > Not to mention it is easier to install anoter system over, etc. > > > > "anecdotes" (sic). Hah. > ? > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=anecdotes The "hah" was me getting annoyed. The (sic) was a mistake caused by my annoyance. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]