The 09/09/11, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 8. September 2011, 23:44:41 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:29:40 +0000 > > > > Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> wrote: > > > Would it not be possible to have a minimal /usr tree in the root > > > partition for udev's use at boot time, and to later mount a more > > > robust /usr partition over this? What am I missing here? > > > > A big problem will be that the package manager cannot easily maintain > > that "phase 1" code as it's under another mount point. Doing so would > > require the package manager to bind-mount / somewhere and > > copy updated binaries of essential packages there as well as into the > > real /usr. Not an insurmountable problem, it just requires changes to > > all affected packages, and well within the capabilities of distros. > > Couldn't whatever mounts /usr bind-mount this "hidden" /usr somewhere (where, > I think, could be a good question here) before mounting the real one? > Then it would be visible even after the real /usr is mounted.
So, you're asking if it's smart to use yet another path (hidden once finished to properly boot) to store what is currently stored in /bin and /sbin... Remember: the only reason why /bin and /sbin exist is to have tools available during boot time to mount /usr. -- Nicolas Sebrecht
