On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:20:05 -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Paul Morgan said on Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:49:52PM -0500: >> > There are currently Debian packages which are needed at boot time which >> > depend upon datafiles kept in /usr. discover is one of them, there may be >> > more. In woody, therefor, a seperate /usr can cause problems. Does it >> > gain you much? >> > >> > Why should /tmp be its own partition instead of symlinking /tmp -> >> > /var/tmp? >> > >> > Is there any need for a /boot partition on modern hardware? Why do you >> > like a seperate boot partition? >> > >> > I'm just curious as to the reasoning behind your partitioning scheme. >> > >> > M >> >> FHS says "The contents of the root filesystem should be adequate to boot, >> restore, recover, and/or repair the system." > > Right... so, again with the "why put /usr on a seperate partition from /"? > Making / large enough to hold /usr certainly fulfills the req of the contents > of the root filesystem being adequate to boot, restore, recover and repair the > system. > >> /tmp and /var/tmp have different purposes. Check FHS again. Actually, I >> have both /tmp and /var/tmp on their own logical volumes. > > Okay, so neither your /tmp or /var/tmp volumes are available at boot time. So, > why have a seperate /tmp and /var/tmp? > > According to the FHS 2.2, the only difference between /tmp and /var/tmp is that > data in /var/tmp be "more persistant" than data in /tmp, but the only > restriction on /tmp is that programs not assume that data in /tmp persists > between invocations of a program. > > In other words, /var/tmp appears to completely fulfill the requirements of > /tmp, which makes me wonder why they are seperate. > > M
You demonstrate a minimal understanding of the purpose of partitioning, and, indeed, of the boot process. You are, of course, perfectly entitled to set up you system any way you wish. I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding. -- ....................paul "I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
