On Wed, 09 May 2007 19:53:08 +0200 Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? > And if so, why? > Yes, I'm one of those. Some say it gives performance boost (I'm not sure about it), but more importantly it gives (partial) protection from file system damage. How come? The partitions with most frequent writes are those containing /var /home and /tmp. In case of power failure or system lock-up the chances are better that a file system not taking writes at the moment would survive the crash. Following this logic and since /usr contains most of the programs and /bin & /sbin contain most of the basic OS, those should reside on partitions with rare writes. -- Best regards, Daniel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
