tlug: Re: Question (/root partition)

[Joe Marchak <joem@example.com>]

> This may sound like a stupid question, but one of my co-workers asked me
> today as I was setting up a system with RedHat, why RedHat (and others)
> have a "root" directory, while systems like Solaris do not?  I couldn't
> answer his question.  To be honest the more I use the SUN at work I'm
> not quite sure I see the use for it either.  Can someone explain this
> one to me?

You are probably using SunOS (aka Solaris 1), which puts the "vmunix"
kernel in /. Most newer OS's put the kernel someplace safe, in a
separate subdirectory.  One good reason to do this is to prevent someone
wiping out the kernel accidentally.  

For instance:
   HPUX puts the "vmunix" kernel in          /stand
   Solaris 2.6 puts the "genunix" kernel in  /kernel


-Joe.


Joe Marchak
joem@example.com

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