On 2012-03-13 08:13, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I've also thought about this and I also want to ask why?
Hm... me too? :-) > I stopped using a separate /usr on my workstations a long time ago when > I realized it was pointless. The days of 5M hard disks when the entire Ok, you realized it was pointless for *you*, right? It's not a universal fact, as far as I can see... Recall the previous discussion about this very same subject, where I compared unix to "lego"? Flexibility is the keyword here, I think, that some of us do not want to forego. For instance I can very well see myself indulging in some SSDs that I could put in my 'puter where one is dedicated for /usr, one for /var and one for the root file system, whereas I would keep a big normal HDD for /home... In my opinion there's a lot of "hand waving" that basically says something like "on a modern desktop system, complex software is needed, therefore /usr needs to be on the root file system (or mounted via initrd)"... and states this as a universal fact, without answering the question "Why?". Isn't it those who wants to change that should answer why they want to change? And I trust Poetterings/Sievers answer why it needs to change as far as I can throw either of them (I'm quite weak)... it's all tied in neatly into their (IMO) overly complex software. Hm, if we want to be modern, perhaps we should abolish partitions altogether and put everything in the cloud? That would be "modern", right? ;-) I'm running a decent desktop system (Xfce4) and I have /usr on a separate partition without any initrd... Why would I need to change this (except from being forced if I continue to use udev)? So far the only technical reason I've heard that somehow requires udev to have access to files in /usr is a bluetooth keyboard. Anything else that *needs* to be working during boot (before a separate /usr can be mounted)? And in my opinion, if a keyboard needs complex software to work then it's broken by design. But I digress, I really should start coding my own solutions, as Canek says... Best regards Peter K
