Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > >> I do believe you've missed the point. Splitting /usr from / helps in >> a teeny percentage of cases, and most of the cases where it "helps" >> that have been mentioned here, it actually doesn't. > > Well, I think it helps in the case of network mounting it; it is > easier to mount a non-root FS than the root fs. Given this isn't a > huge benefit, and isn't for a huge number of people either.
You can mount /bin from the network on top of a boot-time /bin. It's very easy. "mount foo:.../shared-bin /bin" or whatever the syntax is for your filesystem type. > Well, I didn't ask for great levels of proof. I asked for /any/ > proof. The /usr split has already been done; it'd be more work to > re-merge /usr and / than it would be to leave it the way it is. The > same can't be said for libexec. Actually, the Hurd has shown it's trivial. "ln -s / /usr" is really sufficient. Then you can phase things out over time. > Sharing the root fs is possible via special kernel support or via > initrd. /bin I guess is doable alone, but would require some nice > initrd hacking. No hacking is necessary. Sharing / is a bad idea, but sharing any subdirectory is trivial. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
