>>>>> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:02:59 +0200,
	Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org> said:

> According to hier(7), maybe rescue tools should go in /altroot?

No. /altroot is for backup copy of root partition, i.e. it should be
an independent partition.
Thus, /altroot should have /bin, /dev, /etc and /sbin as well as
/rescue.

> Currently, I can see no use for it, afaik...

That's because contents of /altroot should be just same with root
partition.
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