On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 02:18:10AM +0300, Serge wrote: > * /root was initially on a root partition because 'root' user should be > able to login even when all other FS (including /usr) are not mounted. > Since now it can't do anything without /usr anyway, /root dir don't have > to be in /. I want to disagree with your suggestion. /root is the home directory of the superuser and should not be placed on a network device in opposite of the home directories of the ordinary users. The user root should be able to logon without a network connection to do any rescue work on the system. > * /etc contains data and configs for userspace programs, it's useless > without them, and don't have to be separated. After all GNU autotools > have never been aware of such split in the first place. I want to consider, that /etc should be mounted on a writeable partition in opposite of /usr to allow changes without remounting. Best Regards: Jochen Schmitt -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel