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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: R/O root (was: Jerry Pournelle on UNIX)
Message-ID: <7119@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 88 00:14:21 GMT
References: <1495@osiris.UUCP> <2126@haddock.ISC.COM> <1497@osiris.UUCP> <5247@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <39244@sun.uucp> <1438@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
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As quoted from <1438@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> by jin@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Tai Jin):
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| If the root filesystem is mounted read-only, will pipes continue to work?
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I have yet to see a UNIX system where "rootdev" and "pipedev" were forced
to be the same device.
-- 
	      Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc
       {well!hoptoad,uunet!hnsurg3,cbosgd,sun!mandrill}!ncoast!allbery
 PS/2:  Half a computer.  OS/2:  Half an operating system for half a computer.