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From: cdl@mplvax.nosc.MIL (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch
Subject: Re: Jerry Pournelle on UNIX (From BYTE)
Message-ID: <703@mplvax.nosc.MIL>
Date: 8 Jan 88 23:27:29 GMT
References: <1495@osiris.UUCP> <2126@haddock.ISC.COM> <1497@osiris.UUCP> <1971@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <17309@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.nosc.mil.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory
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In article <17309@topaz.rutgers.edu> ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
>CD ROM roots would be bad because CD ROM's are blindingly slow.

Yes, but all you really want to do is reload the fast-disk root file system
from the CD ROM once in a while, like when you re-boot everything.


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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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