On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:52:22 -0400, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> After reading that, and other similar threads, I still don't >> understand the benefits of a separated /usr. > > Putting it on a logical volume is one advantage, allowing /usr to be > resized should the need arise.
Why not allow / to be resized entirely? You probably will take the machine off-line anyway. >> Mounting it read-only >> seems the only sensible one, and then I think is better to go all the >> way and mount / read-only. > > Putting /etc on a read-only filesystem seems a really bad idea. mount -o remount,rw / emerge --sync && emerge -uDNv world dispatch-conf mount -o remount,ro / Or, if you only want to modify some configuration file (which in a sane environment doesn't happen that often): mount -o remount,rw / adduser fulano ... mount -o remount,ro / Again, I don't see the reason for a separated /usr. But *again*, if that's what you want, you will be able to do it. You will just need an initramfs. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
