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. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Chet Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: R/O Linux guest? Per the below (03/12/02) response, what devices are Read-Only and shared? It seems to me that only /usr and /usr/src could be. Then why separate /root and /boot? I know you had a good reason, and I'm in the process of re-mapping my file structures. Also, doesn't a kernel upgrade force you to roll out multiple minidisk replacements? Too bad we can't map it the same as USS with a separate /etc per image. >From Archives Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:38:59 -0800 Mark Post wrote: >/boot, /var and /tmp do _not_ have to be on the root file system. >Mine aren't. Unless you play some games, /bin, /dev, /etc, /lib, >and /sbin have to be part of the root file system. Anything else >can be easily put on a different one. >~ > df >Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >/dev/dasdb1 52284 35868 13720 72% / >/dev/dasdc1 1062992 388560 620436 39% /tmp >/dev/dasdd1 1417324 1337424 7904 99% /usr >/dev/dasde1 111572 50520 55296 48% /var >/dev/dasdf1 104596 73036 26164 74% /opt >/dev/dasdg1 10432 1756 8140 18% /boot >/dev/dasdh1 52284 4936 44652 10% /root >/dev/dasdi1 24384 12912 10216 56% /home >/dev/dasdj1 921228 773876 100556 89% /usr/src Mark Post ===== Chet Norris Marriott International,Inc. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
