On Friday 04 Oct 2002 02:43, Dave Seff wrote: > Why must /root be on the same file system as / ? > > I keep mine separate as not to wipe out ssh keys and other things. I > can change it after the initial install and all is fine, but the > installer complains. > > > Just wondering. > -Dave
I asked this and Pixel responded by requesting a good reason for allowing /root to have its own partition. My reason is that it is root's home and I don't want it wiped when I reinstall. I've always worked like that. Who decided that it's taboo? /root on my 9.0 machine is now on its own partition, just as in my other unices. I have yet to see a good reason given for disallowing this on install - to me it's draconian interference. Peter -- Gentoo Linux (portage-2.0.38). KDE: 3.0.3 Qt: 3.0.5 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ 512MB. Kernel: 2.4.19-win4lin. GCC 3.2 Linux user #275590 (http://counter.li.org/). up 1 day, 15 h, 20 min #=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=#
