Am 01.04.2013 17:26, schrieb Robert Nichols: > On 04/01/2013 07:47 AM, Noah Cutler wrote: >> 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. > > If you really want to keep a separate /usr (I do, mounted read-only and > located on an SSD) you just need to arrange to have /usr mounted by dracut > early in the boot sequence. It's not hard: > > 1. Copy the /usr line from your /etc/fstab into a (probably new) file > /etc/fstab.sys . > > 2. Edit the file /etc/dracut.conf and change the line > #add_dracutmodules+="" > to read > add_dracutmodules+="fstab-sys" > > 3. IMPORTANT: In /etc/fstab, disable the automatic fsck for /usr by > putting a zero in field 6. > > 4. Run dracut to remake the initramfs in /boot. > > That's it. Now your /usr gets mounted early in the boot sequence. > It is available when needed, and you can ignore the warning from systemd. > You will have to make your own arrangement for fsck on your /usr. If > you allowed the automatic fsck to run, it would be guaranteed to fail > since the filesystem is mounted. (The special handling for the root > filesystem is hard-coded into fsck and would not apply to a pre-mounted > /usr.) > Can you elaborate why you need this? dracut already mounts /usr automatically with the 98usrmount dracut module. -- 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
