On 26.03.2014 23:58, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2014-03-26 at 22:42 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> David G. Miller wrote: >> >>> The funny thing is that back in the earliest days of Unix, /usr is where >>> user directories lived. When K&R ran out of room in / for programs, they >>> looked to for a partition that had additional space available and it was >>> /usr. Originally programs ended up in /usr/bin simply because there >>> wasn't room for them in /bin; not for some usage reason. >> >> Yes, I recall that the first Unix system I ran, version 5 on a pdp-11/23, >> had two (enormous) 10MB disks, one for the kernel and the other /usr . > > That ain't nuttin'. We started with an 11/45 with 48KB of core memory > and 2 RK05's (2.2MB removable cartridge disks). > > poc > No matter how small disk can be, can't beat a punched card. poma -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
