> Having /boot separate allows you to decide which volume you want to IPL > from. It also allows you to have multiple IPL volumes available. I also > have a /boot1, /boot2.4, etc. /root is root's home directory and it forces > me to be careful with how much junk I put there. If it were part of /, then > I could conceivably fill it up by being careless. > > In my particular case, /usr, /opt, are shared read-only with other systems. > > I'm not sure what you mean by a kernel upgrade forcing me to replace > multiple minidisks. Most of the stuff that would need to be upgraded along > with the kernel typically lives in /usr.
Well, there you ware. Kernel lives in /boot, modules in /lib. By your own count you're looking at three filesystems. I don't see any point in /boot not being in the root fs on mainframes, but I'm pretty ignorant there. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
