If you have space on your disk, I would still advise to have a separate
partition for /home. If you have to reinstall your system, you won't loose
your data (emails, etc.)
Anyway, you can always have a link called /home if you wish.
On Tuesday 23 December 2003 16:17, Eric Rivas wrote:
> On Wed,
> usr comes
> imo from users and isnt users/home quite logic place?
Doesn't /usr come from Unix(R) System Resources ?
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:37:41 +0300
flux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe kinda strange question, but...
> Why users' home directory located in /usr by default, not in
> root directory unlike Linux?
> Any ideas?
It used to be in /, but then most people had a hard time partitioning
when deciding
Because theyre supposed to be there?
root partition should be small, easy to reinstall and backup
its really only for kernel, init and configs. If you havent noticed /usr
is always the biggest one and therefore home should be there, usr comes
imo from users and isnt users/home quite logic place?
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, flux wrote:
> Maybe kinda strange question, but...
> Why users' home directory located in /usr by default, not in
> root directory unlike Linux?
> Any ideas?
Hysterical raisins. Amongst other things, /home was often given to the
automounter so people's home directories could
Maybe kinda strange question, but...
Why users' home directory located in /usr by default, not in
root directory unlike Linux?
Any ideas?
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