On Wed, 29 May 1996 19:19:05 -0400 
 Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU> wrote:

 > I can think of no good reason (i.e. a reason that would require more
 > than a VSMOP to fix) that the root file system 'needs' to be writable
 > for the install process.
 > 
 > All you should need is _a_ writable partition, and, if that's the
 > case, MFS will do the job quite nicely.

*ding*  The hp300 miniroot install I wrote for 1.1 uses an MFS in exactly 
the way you describe.

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