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- From: moacs11!walra@relay.nl.net (Waldi Ravens)
- Subject: Re: LINUX Filesystem standards
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 00:35:44 +0100
-
- In <9401182225.AA01271@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de>, Michael Hohmuth <hohmuth@freia.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:
-
- > > [ Linux Filesystem Structure ]
- >
- > They've done the work for us.. I think we should use this document as a
- > very good starting point.
-
- There is (IMO) one major flaw: it does not allow for different flavours of
- the same command. It misses /usr/ucb and /usr/5bin.
-
- > All that's left to do for us is to find any MiNT specifics and integrate
- > them into this structure.
- >
- > So I would suggest:
- >
- > o /usr/src/linux becomes /usr/src/mint
-
- Agreed. I suggest to leave the rest of /usr/src to local administration.
-
- > o /boot points to the MiNT boot directory (which has to reside on a Tosfs
- > partition, currently); this includes mint.cnf and minix.xfs
-
- Not much use for that. MiNT will have to look for C:\MINT, it cannot look
- for U:\boot. /boot might better be reserved for future use :).
-
- > o I still like the /usr/kits + /var/kits idea.. What about
- > /usr/kits/multitos?
-
- What would you want to put there?
-
- > One more question: Can GEM programs be integrated in the structure?
- > Perhaps /usr/gem/<kit> or /usr/kits/<kit> something?
-
- 1) Yes, definitely. 2) I like a /usr/gem similar to /usr/X11.
-
-
- Regards,
- Waldi (walra%moacs11@nl.net)
-