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To: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Looking for rationale of fs naming conventions 
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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 14:16:11 -0700
From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>
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Most commonly, d was used for /tmp (before the days of 
memory-based filesystems). The e partition was used for
/var, and f was used for /usr. The e partition was the
same size as the root filesystem so that it could be used
as a backup root filesystem.

	Kirk McKusick