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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Being `well and truly up the creek'
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 16:52:05 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 15 16:52:05 1985
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I did say `4.2BSD'!

	% ls -l /dev/console
	crw--w--w-  1 root       0,   0 Nov 15 16:40 /dev/console

A better solution to the destroyed-root-file-system problem, if
you can afford it, is to keep a spare root.  We make a copy of our
root file system every two weeks, and in emergencies merely switch
the unit plugs in the disk drives.  But <2968@sun.uucp> triggered
some neurons, and I thought I would describe the init hack we had
implemented long ago under 4.1BSD.
-- 
In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251)
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