On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:46:02 +0200 Joost Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote:
> > Anyway, Debian is the only "big" distro recommending separated /usr, > > and then only for multiuser setups. It's really years since I've > > looked at the recommended partition schemes: when I started using > > Linux, a separated /home was almost a must. And we had tiny hard > > drives then. Now get out of my lawn. > > Gentoo still has some guides recommending split /usr: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml > > There are several people using this type of layout. > The suggested partitioning scheme is usually for beginner > installations. Not necessarily for larger installations with specific > requirements. Using layout suggestions from install docs to justify what the udev maintainers want to do is simply disingenuous. The install docs are obviously a guideline only and do not form any sort of requirement. That is obvious to anyone with some experience in the field. Anyone suggesting otherwise is either being hyper-literal or is following some sneaky agenda. Either way, neither type should be allowed anywhere near policy making as their goals conflict with the community. > The debian guide talks about 20GB drives. I don't have those anymore. > the smallest drive I have is a 320GB IDE-drive for the database > server in the lab. I need 73G SCSI drives for some old servers still running, they cost a fortune from Dell. The nice man from Dell sales tells me they haven't had 20G drives in the stores for years and years, he mentioned numbers like "5" or "8" :-) -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
