newton@gumby.cs.caltech.edu (Mike Newton) (12/21/90)
After installing 4.31, i noticed a directory /usr/root.proto that, while it may have been there before, I never noticed. It seems to be an exact duplicate of the 'core' of '/'. I'd love to have its 1.6 Meg of disk space, so, does anyone know: Is it needed? Will i mess up further updates if i remove it? Did i just mess up the installation (normally it would have been automagically removed)? Also, does /usr/stand/diskman really have to be 3 MBytes? I've been thinking of removing it (having a tape copy), but am wondering if there is some use for it I dont know. Random good news : 4.31 includes a working 'cprs' (or see dg-rtp.dg.com:: pub/gnu/cprs.Z if you still have 4.30). Running it on the (intermediate 'temacs'!) of gnu emacs saves about .5 meg alone. "Thanks!" to the people at DG (I'm happy to give their names, but they may not want the "corporate" attention!) "A Galaxy is a Shrodinger Cat." Murray Gell-Man Oct 23, 1989 - mike (newton@gumby.cs.caltech.edu)
goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) (12/22/90)
In article <newton.661770247@gumby.cs.caltech.edu>, newton@gumby.cs.caltech.edu (Mike Newton) writes: > After installing 4.31, i noticed a directory /usr/root.proto that, while > it may have been there before, I never noticed. It seems to be an exact > duplicate of the 'core' of '/'. I'd love to have its 1.6 Meg of disk > space, so, does anyone know: > > Is it needed? > Will i mess up further updates if i remove it? > Did i just mess up the installation (normally it would have been > automagically removed)? Nope, it's supposed to be there. /usr/root.proto is the "master" from which the root file systems of diskless clients are cloned. (It would be inappropriate to use the server's root as the prototype since it will have already been customized.) If your system has no (and plans never to have any) diskless clients, you could get away with removing /usr/root.proto. > Also, does > /usr/stand/diskman > really have to be 3 MBytes? I've been thinking of removing it (having a > tape copy), but am wondering if there is some use for it I dont know. If you don't mind the inconvenience of booting standalone Diskman from tape, then yes, you could remove /usr/stand/diskman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Goudreau +1 919 248 6231 Data General Corporation goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com 62 Alexander Drive ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!goudreau Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA