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|    mark lewis to Sean Dennis    |
|    MBSE, Sysops and distros    |
|    18 Jul 15 21:42:56    |
      18 Jul 15 20:18, you wrote to me:               SD> Hello mark,               SD> 18 Jul 15 17:17, you wrote to Vince Coen:               ml>> i'm rather tossed up about whether to install to /home on a separate        ml>> drive/partition as i generally (try to) do or to install to /opt and        ml>> have that on another drive/partition...               SD> MBSE was designed to be installed in /opt.              that may be but there was a modification that moved it to an easy installation       to /home/whatever...               SD> The author specifies that and it was explained to me that doesn't        SD> break the LFS that way either.              while i do build my own *nix installations, i don't know all that much about       LFS... and i don't really see where it matters all that much in this case,       either...               SD> I have /opt installed on a separate 320GB hard drive for ease of        SD> backup and the ability to switch distros if need be without totally        SD> breaking my MBSE install.              i do that with /home as a matter of principle... especially since i don't want       to break an user's private installs and such ;)              )\/(ark              ... A paddle-pop stick and some electrician's tape is cheaper than viagra.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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