Am 01.04.2013 14:47, schrieb Noah Cutler: > Hey all. > > I'm confused over the whole separate /usr partition is broken thing: > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken > > From an email in current fedora-user thread we have: > "That should not be necessary. And would break a very normal system > setup of using separate drives, *even more so than the blasted can't have > a separate /usr thing that happened recently*." > > During Fedora 18 fresh install with custom partitioning chosen, Anaconda > autocompletes mount points so I went with /boot, /, /user, /var, and /home > partitions. > > Everything appears to work swimmingly here after 1 month of use -- separate /usr > partition does not appear to be broken...anymore?? > > Just trying to future proof my setup; if it's better to merge /usr into rootfs, > so be it, better to do it early days with the new system. > > Otherwise, if someone can chime in here with some sage partitioning advice as to > how to proceed moving forward with Fedora, that would be much appreciated. > > FWIW, as a beginner the benefits I see in a diverse micro-managed partitioning > scheme (vs. the mega partition) is being able to fsck quickly; clone partitions > quickly (e.g. copy to additional disks), and prevent runaway logs and the like > (there are likely others). > > I'm thinking something like this would be "ideal" for a 256GB SSD: > | > /dev/sda1 /boot 181MB of 500MB > /dev/sda2 / 606MB of 3GB | > | > extended: > /dev/sda4 /usr 6.0GB of 12GB > /dev/sda5 /var 1.5GB of 8GB > /dev/sda6 /home 15GB of 30GB| > free space the rest > > Of course most seem to go with /boot / and /home, so my ideas are likely not > grounded in reality ;-) > A separate /usr works fine in Fedora, because it is mounted from within the initramfs, before we switch to the real root. Quoting: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken ... *Going Forward* ... There is no way to reliably bring up a modern system with an empty /usr. There are two alternatives to fix it: move /usr back to the rootfs or use an initramfs which can hide the split-off from the system. ... Fedora uses an initramfs to boot and the initramfs explicitly mounts /usr, if it finds a mount entry in /etc/fstab of the real root. No fstab.sys and dracut tricks should be needed here. If /usr is not mounted automatically it's a dracut bug, or you are missing some disk assembly kernel command line options like rd.luks.uuid=... rd.lvm.lv=.. or rd.md.uuid=... -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
