RE: [cobalt-users] Symbolic link for /usr directory

[Johan Pretorius <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Using a symlink to do the same thing *should* be possible, but who 
> wants to hold the fellow's hand when he hoses the filesystem by 
> accident ;0
>
>gsh

Well, this fellow (the one who posted the original question) 
decided to create only symbolic links for some of the more 
"harmless" directories under /usr, such as docs, java and one 
or two more (enough to ensure that a full root file system 
won't cripple the machine).  

The Sun Cobalt reply also appeared very "lame" to me, similar to 
the one ISP that told me not to dare use the Postgres database 
for client sites.  Heck, what is the use if one is restricted 
to mySQL (weak in comparison to Postgres) or Interbase (not as 
widely used).

Something I still can't get used to, is the fact that newbies 
to a particular list or community are treated as if they are 
total idiots.  Changes are slim that I'll "hose" a Unix 
file system - not because of a lack of knowledge, anyway... 

No hand holding required here, gsh, my fiend, just plain 
simple unbiased, technical advice.

*sigh*

Rgrds,

Johan Pretorius

ps - this list is *so slow*, some of my posts appear 2-3 days 
after I've sent them.  No good if one wants to sort out a 
problem in a hurry (hence the copies to gsh and the dear 
Revd) ...  What is Dan's viewpoint on this?  He (who dislikes 
top posts with a passion) might have other pet hates I don't 
know about yet ;-)

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