[Gllug] starting X

[Bruce Richardson]

On 7/19/01, 8:43:24 AM, home at alexhudson.com wrote regarding Re: 
[Gllug] starting X:


> Partitioning, to me, is a poor solution for every problem which it's 
used to
> solve. Originally, partitioning was more to do with making disk spaces 
that
> the BIOS and/or OS could handle in terms of size when big disks came 
along -
> it's a bodge. Partitioning different areas to allow different rights 
makes a
> little sense

Which I regularly use it for.  If there were an alternative I'd be 
happy to know about it.  The ability to specify access restrictions 
(noexec, ro etc) for directories rather than partitions would be a 
Good Thing.

-- 

Bruce




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