Subject: Re: NetBSD Slices
To: Jeff Flowers <jeffrey@jeffreyf.net>
From: Chuck Yerkes <chuck+nbsd@snew.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/12/2002 13:26:21
Quoting Jeff Flowers (jeffrey@jeffreyf.net):
> > I'm of the view that /usr ALWAYS goes on G.
> > Why?  Cause when I have that mystery disk, I will assume
> > a=root and g=/usr.
> > No other good reason that 20 years of tradition.
> 
> I based my slice scheme on NetBSD documentation [1], which says:
> 
> "Traditionally, e is the partition mounted on /usr, but this is historical
> practice and not a fixed value"

Teach me to get habits on Sun 3's and Vaxen.  Got get going with the
new traditions rather than those old ones I find EVERYWHERE.