> "R. Armiento" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>The reason to put /usr on an own partition would be that IF the >>semi-frequent changes of this partition somehow would screw up the >>filesystem, you could still bring your system up in a semi-useful state >>using only / and repair things. > Martin Dickopp wrote: > IMHO, the main reason for having /usr on a separate partition is that > it can be mounted read-only.
Good point. But if you have put everything else that requires write access in separate partitions (eg., /var, /tmp) perhaps one can mount the whole '/' filesystem read-only? I have never tried that, but if you mount /usr read-only to protect your binaries, one would think that you should want to protect your /bin and /sbin binaries in a similar way? //Rickard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
