On 04/15/2011 12:21 PM, Gabriel Ramirez wrote: > On 04/15/2011 08:49 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: >> You want an ugly workaround? How about keeping your separate /usr, but >> keep a very stripped-down copy (just the stuff needed during boot) under >> the /usr directory on your root file system. That will, of course, all >> be hidden when the separate /usr file system gets mounted. > > well I don't mind a ugly workaround, meanwhile my system works. > > my current system F14 works, at least I don't see anything broken with it. > > if when I install F15: > > all works fine, well thats it. ( maybe will be lucky) > if it's broken well time to look a workaround not necessarily this one > > I have workarounds in other parts of my Fedora systems, so a workaround > more to keep the system working will be fine > > copying /usr/bin /bin to / will not work under my actual partition / is > too small for them. > > but well maybe I can a create it a little bigger, and I'm familiar with > bind mounts and rsync , so thanks by sharing this workaround Not even 1% of the programs in /usr/bin are relevant to the boot process. You need those, such libraries from /usr/lib (or /usr/lib64) that they need, some bits from /usr/share (/usr/share/hwdata in particular), probably a few more bits and pieces that I haven't taken the time to track down. [SNIP] >> Now /usr0 is your window into that overlaid /usr directory. You can use >> rsync with the "--existing" option to update just the files that you >> placed in that root fs /usr. > > better leave out that flag, because if install new daemon will be not > included. There aren't many daemons that run before the local file systems have been mounted. Should you happen to install one of those, _and_ it misguidedly installs in /usr, then you'll have something to add to your minimal root filesystem version of /usr. Using the "--existing" flag ensures that only the files you've deemed necessary get copied, not the whole directory. Hardest part, really, is coming up with a meaningful test. My systems, like yours, currently boot just fine with a separate /usr file system, so there's not much way to know if you've missed something that should, at least in theory, have been included. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it. -- 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