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From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: Experiences with the NeXT Station 105 and More
Keywords: swapfile, tex, dsp, floppy, boot, space, modem, speed, kernel
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Date: 2 Jan 91 15:50:16 GMT
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In article <1991Jan1.164445.20029@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes:

>>1. If you are not going to use an Optical drive you can safely get rid of 
>>/odmach.

>Is there any reason why these two files exist as separate files rather
>than links to a common file?

They are actually links to the same file.  Thus deleting /odmach will only
free an inode on the disk.

louie