Bug#592564: document unusual but supported file system configurations

2010-08-11 Thread Carsten Hey
* Russ Allbery [2010-08-10 16:47 -0700]: Debian supports /usr as a separate file system from /, /usr as a remote file system, and /, /usr, and /etc mounted read-only ... Since these requirements keep catching people by surprise, I think we should write them down explicitly. Actually the

Bug#592564: document unusual but supported file system configurations

2010-08-11 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 at 09:28:22 +0200, Carsten Hey wrote: Read-only mounting /etc seems to imply that it can also be on a separate file system (although I never saw such a setup) Doesn't work: to boot and mount /etc you need /etc/fstab and /etc/init.d/* and so on, for which you need /etc. I

Bug#592564: document unusual but supported file system configurations

2010-08-10 Thread Russ Allbery
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: wishlist Debian supports /usr as a separate file system from /, /usr as a remote file system, and /, /usr, and /etc mounted read-only (unless you want to do something that obviously requires them to be read-write, like change configuration or

Bug#592564: document unusual but supported file system configurations

2010-08-10 Thread Luk Claes
On 08/11/2010 01:47 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: Debian supports /usr as a separate file system from /, /usr as a remote file system, and /, /usr, and /etc mounted read-only (unless you want to do something that obviously requires them to be read-write, like change configuration or install new