On 16/08/2010 14:00, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] "Perry E. Metzger" > > | In the embedded space, which I know a lot about, it is true that the > | root FS is on flash or other expensive media -- but it isn't like /usr > | is on cheaper media in such an environment, it is always part of the > | root fs anyway, so it makes no difference. > > Take a look at the N900 where most of the user-installed applications > are on /home (well, /opt, but that's a symlink to /opt/home), which is a > 32GB eMMC flash, while the root file system is a 256MB NAND flash, which > is vastly more expensive. So while the situation you are describing > might be common, it's not always true.
To be honest, I'm not sure the N900 /opt debacle is really to be taken as an example. (and / and /usr are basically on the same media, when it comes to boot) Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c69337c.7010...@debian.org
