On 29.03.2014 12:48, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 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 > Whence the 'patch' comes. :) Pat, you are a unixsaur. :) 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
