On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 07:07 -0700, JD wrote: > On 04/12/2011 03:38 AM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:metherid@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > On 03/10/2011 <tel:03%2F10%2F2011> 10:02 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > > > I just noticed that ever since Fedora 11 the Installation Guide > > > recommends against having a /usr partition separate from the > > root file > > > system (though as recently as Fedora 12 the Example Usage still > > showed a > > > separate /usr). I've always used a separate /usr kept mounted > > read-only > > > except when necessary for updates. I was wondering just what > > sort of > > > "boot process becomes more complex" issues I've been fortunate > > enough to > > > avoid, and whether the reasons for that recommendation have become > > > stronger in more recent releases. > > > > Some of the reasons are outlined in > > > > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken > > > > Of course, the typical response is argue that, this shouldn't be the > > case but that is at this point just wishful thinking. > > > > > > Only wishful if people are unwilling to reconsider past actions and > > are unwilling > > to consider the necessary changes. The cause appears lost in > > Fedora/RedHat only > > because 1 or 2 "large voices" seem to consider this a "religious" > > fight and will > > not consider doing anything to fix it. The attitude that the > > Filesystem Hierarchy Standard > > is outmoded and unnecessary and that modern hardware doesn't need to > > keep things > > on separate spindles or take space considerations into account anymore > > belongs > > to these "large voices" in this realm and therefore it cannot be fixed. > > > > In actuality, only a few pieces need to be moved, but instead major > > surgery was applied > > to move the whole of /usr into / instead of applying a band aid and > > move a few small > > pieces around. > I generally agree. > My reasons for keeping separate /, /var, and /usr > has been / is to provide some degree of protection > from corruption to the file system. If all of these were > under /, then a corruption in / would make the other > two also inaccessible. So They indeed ought to be kept > separate for that reason, to minimize loss. > > Cheersm > > JD Separating these file system trees is not more efficient unless the partitions are on separate hard drives. -- ======================================================================= Q: What do they call the alphabet in Arkansas? A: The impossible dream. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
