Tim wrote: > Michael Cronenworth: >>> Nope. It has everything to do with booting. Some packages in /bin >>> depended on libs in /usr/lib{64} so calling the init script They should not. IMO, boot should depend only upon these directories being present: / /boot /bin /sbin /lib /etc /root The /usr file system should not be necessary for boot. Any libraries which executables in /bin and /sbin depend upon should be in /lib. The libraries in /usr/lib should serve the executables in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, which are not needed by executables in /bin and /sbin. [...] > I'd always been able to put /usr on a separate partition, and it was a > long standing recommendation (to use separate partitions for home, opt > var, usr, tmp), since you could mount them with different parameters, or > different file systems, or even on individual disc drives, for optimum > performance. Not to mention additional protection against accidents. [...] > And, as I recall, the boot process is not supposed to depend on > something that might be on an unmounted partition. And usr being one of > the partitions that doesn't have to be present. You end up making it > impossible, or problematic to boot up in single mode, to do maintenance > on a system. It looks like someone's done something dumb in 64-bit > land. I heartily agree. > If you look at /usr/bin in the FSH*, it's presence is not supposed to be > required to boot (in single mode), and /usr/lib holds files > that /usr/bin might want. So, requiring /usr/lib* anything, just to > boot, ought to be an error. Yep. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines