On 06/02/14 21:32, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 06.02.2014 11:03, Scott Ferguson a écrit : >> On 06/02/14 20:09, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >>> >>> >>> Le 05.02.2014 19:31, John Hasler a écrit : >>>> yaro wrote: >>>>> Separate /usr is unneeded and actually complicates boot for little >>>>> benefit. >>>> >>>> It allows you to mount it read-only (or not at all when there's a >>>> problem). It only complicates boot due to the practice of putting >>>> stuff >>>> that belongs under / under /usr. >>> >>> Do you have some example? I would like to learn that kind of issues >>> *before* they happen to me :) >>> >>> >> >> An fsck error. >> In which case it's quicker to run e2fsck on just /usr than on the >> entire / > > I meant an example of stuff which should be in / but are in fact in /usr.
Sorry. I'm curious about that too. > >> NOTE: I don't see why a "desktop" user would need a separate /usr for >> any other reason - but I'll keep following the post thread just in case. >> >> Kind regards > > Filling /usr enough to make it explode? If it is in /, then it is said ( > here and there ) that it may cause problems. However I do not have > enough knowledge myself to know if it is true. > > Sure, I can understand that scenario - on a developer machine, or for other uses where /usr may grow enough to crowd on other directories - but just not on the (ineffable) "desktop" box. My bad for feeding the digression. Defining "desktop" is the tricky bit (to some it only means where the box sits). In this instance I've assumed the OP means office apps, bit of gaming, internet apps - so I'd go go for a two slice setup, with a separate / and /home, with and a swap file. For a similar "desktop" in a business environment it'd be SOE rules so I would use more partitions (backup and rollout planning would be a nightmare otherwise - not to mention support contract negotiation headaches). Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52f368ed....@gmail.com
