Thanks for the info!
=)
> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:01:36 +1000
> From: cs@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: /usr/local FS
>
> On 13Jun2009 17:13, Matias Nicolas <matiasnicolas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> | Hi, can somebody tell me what's stored on the /usr/local FS ?? I got a
> | problem with it. That FS got corruped when i wanted to resize it then the
> | machine prompetd me to go on maintenance menu. I commented the /usr/local
> | line in the fstab and my machine powered on correctly. Then, I removed
> | the lv and created a new one with less space. After that i untared all
> | the files i got in /usr/local from another machine I got here. Now my
> | machine is up, but I wanted to know if I've lost something critical.
>
> /usr/local generally contains extra software that did not come from a
> repository (i.e. via yum). The idea is that just as you have /usr/bin,
> /usr/share etc where stuff is normally installed via packages (which
> share the rpm db, and thus can't conflict), stuff you may build yourself
> should install in /usr/local/{bin,share,etc...} to avoid conflict.
>
> So you've probably lost nothing that can't be easily replaced.
>
> If you've never put anything in /usr/local it may well be almost empty.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743
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