I think it is that the root is more critical. If /usr goes bad you can still boot up. If root goes bad you can't boot up. If you can boot up it is easier to fix things.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan McCain Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Root filesystem Valid points. I guess if one has solid backups it is more of a moot point, correct? In the z/VM world, is it common for / to get wasted any more than in the x86 world? >>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:41 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Fargusson.Alan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There have been several times when people have posted to this list asking > for help recovering when a LVM containing the root filesystem has gone bad. > It may be that when using VM you have more of a chance of messing up. > > It's probably that you have different options on VM to repair if it > breaks. It turns out to be very hard to do a complete virtualization > of the "walk over to the local console of the server and insert the > CD" and hack it. So we try to come up with an approach that provides > the same function but with some different tools. While doing that, it > makes sense to see whether the big road blocks actually need to be > there. > > Rob > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email from the State of California is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review or use, including disclosure or distribution, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
