On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 at 12:01, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 5:00 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Also /srv is actually a link to /x1/srv on Ubuntu, so potentially it
> > could be changed in stages?
>
> There is no /srv directory. There is no /x1 directory. And neither
> can be created. There are two volumes. The root volume is read only.
> /System/Volumes/Data is read write.
>
> $ df
> Filesystem 512-blocks Used Available Capacity iused
> ifree %iused Mounted on
> /dev/disk1s5 1953595632 21525144 1596741216 2% 481690
> 9767496470 0% /
> devfs 405 405 0 100% 712
> 0 100% /dev
> /dev/disk1s1 1953595632 325337392 1596741216 17% 2170102
> 9765808058 0% /System/Volumes/Data
> /dev/disk1s4 1953595632 6293544 1596741216 1% 4
> 9767978156 0% /private/var/vm
> map auto_home 0 0 0 100% 0
> 0 100% /System/Volumes/Data/home
>
> $ ls -al /
> total 9
> drwxr-xr-x 23 root admin 736 Oct 18 10:24 .
> drwxrwxrwx 3 root wheel 96 Sep 7 12:05 .%cb_defense
> drwxr-xr-x 23 root admin 736 Oct 18 10:24 ..
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 0 Aug 24 18:20 .DS_Store
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 36 Oct 11 14:53 .VolumeIcon.icns ->
> System/Volumes/Data/.VolumeIcon.icns
> ---------- 1 root admin 0 Aug 24 18:20 .file
> drwx------ 11 root admin 352 Oct 18 10:29 .fseventsd
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 64 Aug 24 18:20 .vol
> drwxrwxr-x+ 30 root admin 960 Oct 18 23:14 Applications
> drwxr-xr-x 68 root wheel 2176 Oct 18 10:26 Library
> drwxr-xr-x@ 8 root wheel 256 Sep 29 16:23 System
> drwxr-xr-x 6 root admin 192 Sep 29 16:22 Users
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Oct 18 22:11 Volumes
> drwxr-xr-x@ 38 root wheel 1216 Sep 29 16:28 bin
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 64 Aug 24 18:24 cores
> dr-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 4541 Oct 18 10:29 dev
> lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 11 14:46 etc -> private/etc
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25 Oct 18 10:30 home ->
> /System/Volumes/Data/home
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 128 Oct 11 14:59 opt
> drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 192 Oct 18 10:25 private
> drwxr-xr-x@ 64 root wheel 2048 Oct 11 14:53 sbin
> lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 11 14:53 tmp -> private/tmp
> drwxr-xr-x@ 11 root wheel 352 Oct 11 14:53 usr
> lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 11 14:53 var -> private/var
>
> I can't seem to make a /home/whimsy directory (" Operation not
> supported"),
That may be possible if you mount a container over it (assuming /home is empty).
If /home now contains HOME directories, maybe try creating a whimsy user?
> but I can make a /var/whimsy directory. Perhaps on
> Ubuntu we could make ./var/whimsy a symlink to /x1/xrv and then
> migrate to that?
+1
Hopefully less likely that /var/whimsy will ever be reserved, or /var
itself restricted or renamed...
> Sam Ruby
