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[opensuse-factory] Re: Proposal for 12.2, move all binaries under /usr
- From: Linda Walsh <suse@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:02:51 -0800
- Message-id: <4EEFECCB.8060306@tlinx.org>
Cristian RodrC-guez wrote:
The whole purpose of having /bin and /sbin, was to have a set of tools
that
1) were statically linked,
2) could run in a low-resource/low OS-functionality state
3) Allow for some minimal set of files to be load in order to bring up a shell
so any problems in booting could be resolved.
(don't think all of the above are true anymore...but...)
^^^^ (I've used that when my /usr partition went belly up.
Was able to restore it and continue...)... without out it...
Would have had to find a DVD to boot from -- hope it was readable (they decay as
do the drives)...
Eh...not very often this stuff happens...
But... I have a small /root and separate /boot partition so they
check and load quickly and don't require frequent writes. So their
state is fairly steady. I.e. if I pull the plug, they are the MOST likely
partitions to come up w/o any problems.
/usr is pretty high up in terms of reliability, it's just alot bigger.
I've even split sections like off and put them on other disks.
like /usr/share, of '/usr', '/usr/share' is 55% of the space.
... Is /usr/share being separate from /usr going to be another problem
(besides /usr being separate from /)?
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On 24/11/11 22:37, Carlos E. R. wrote:----
How will this affect me?
As AJ previously said, since 12.1 /usr is mounted very early by the initial ram disk, this change will only get rid of the artificial separation of tools between /bin /sbin ... and /usr
The whole purpose of having /bin and /sbin, was to have a set of tools
that
1) were statically linked,
2) could run in a low-resource/low OS-functionality state
3) Allow for some minimal set of files to be load in order to bring up a shell
so any problems in booting could be resolved.
(don't think all of the above are true anymore...but...)
^^^^ (I've used that when my /usr partition went belly up.
Was able to restore it and continue...)... without out it...
Would have had to find a DVD to boot from -- hope it was readable (they decay as
do the drives)...
Eh...not very often this stuff happens...
But... I have a small /root and separate /boot partition so they
check and load quickly and don't require frequent writes. So their
state is fairly steady. I.e. if I pull the plug, they are the MOST likely
partitions to come up w/o any problems.
/usr is pretty high up in terms of reliability, it's just alot bigger.
I've even split sections like off and put them on other disks.
like /usr/share, of '/usr', '/usr/share' is 55% of the space.
... Is /usr/share being separate from /usr going to be another problem
(besides /usr being separate from /)?
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