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 Green
