On Sat, 2014-03-29 at 03:59 +0100, poma wrote: > 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. Been there, done that. Also patched paper-tape to fix bugs. poc -- 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
