On my Fedora 7 system I have the following root directories which seem to have no purpose. As I always wanting to remove distracting 'clutter' I'd like to remove them if it's safe to do so but I don't want to break anything. They are:-
/misc /net
There's also /srv which just has a bittorrent sub-directory in it, if I don't use bittorrent (which I don't) can I remove that too?
Chris G wrote:
On my Fedora 7 system I have the following root directories which seem to have no purpose. As I always wanting to remove distracting 'clutter' I'd like to remove them if it's safe to do so but I don't want to break anything. They are:-
/misc /net
They are used by automount, but it does not sounds like you are using automount.
Mikkel
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 02:08:26PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Chris G wrote:
On my Fedora 7 system I have the following root directories which seem to have no purpose. As I always wanting to remove distracting 'clutter' I'd like to remove them if it's safe to do so but I don't want to break anything. They are:-
/misc /net
They are used by automount, but it does not sounds like you are using automount.
OK, thanks.
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Chris G wrote:
/misc /net
Mount points for the automounter.
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Chris G wrote:
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 02:08:26PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Chris G wrote:
On my Fedora 7 system I have the following root directories which seem to have no purpose. As I always wanting to remove distracting 'clutter' I'd like to remove them if it's safe to do so but I don't want to break anything. They are:-
/misc /net
They are used by automount, but it does not sounds like you are using automount.
OK, thanks.
However, probably you could:-:)
In a Linux network, enabling /net is very convenient for sharing NFS exports.
/misc is very handy for PnP devices where distributors have broken PnP by imbedding it in the desktop. I often operate by the commandline, popups on the desktop and desktop icons are, at best, useless.
Even if you decide to not use autofs, I suggest you don't remove standard parts such as those two directories, and especially /initrd, should you ever find one;-)
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 06:13:52AM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
Chris G wrote:
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 02:08:26PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Chris G wrote:
On my Fedora 7 system I have the following root directories which seem to have no purpose. As I always wanting to remove distracting 'clutter' I'd like to remove them if it's safe to do so but I don't want to break anything. They are:-
/misc /net
They are used by automount, but it does not sounds like you are using automount.
OK, thanks.
However, probably you could:-:)
In a Linux network, enabling /net is very convenient for sharing NFS exports.
/misc is very handy for PnP devices where distributors have broken PnP by imbedding it in the desktop. I often operate by the commandline, popups on the desktop and desktop icons are, at best, useless.
Even if you decide to not use autofs, I suggest you don't remove standard parts such as those two directories, and especially /initrd, should you ever find one;-)
I'll probably leave them, if there is a reason for their existence that's fine, I was really wondering if *I* might have created them for some reason and then forgotten about them. :-)
Chris G wrote:
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 06:13:52AM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
Chris G wrote:
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 02:08:26PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
I'll probably leave them, if there is a reason for their existence that's fine, I was really wondering if *I* might have created them for some reason and then forgotten about them. :-)
That's _my_ problem, you're not allowed to have it. No fair!