Am Dienstag, 25. April 2006 18:00 schrieb ext K. Mike Bradley: > Thanks for the URL, but I had this question after reading this very > document. > > It doesn't explain the history or the reason there are two /bin, /sbin.
It's from the very beginning of Unix. Harddisks where small (or they even used tapes), so /*bin contained only enough stuff to boot the system and mount more filesystems, which contained the stuff needed by the users (thus /usr). HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net
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