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From: Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook?
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:40:04
Message-Id: 1312198755.16620.9.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook? by Marc Schiffbauer
1 El lun, 01-08-2011 a las 13:30 +0200, Marc Schiffbauer escribió:
2 > * Pacho Ramos schrieb am 01.08.11 um 13:19 Uhr:
3 > > El lun, 01-08-2011 a las 13:12 +0200, Marc Schiffbauer escribió:
4 > > [...]
5 > > > * /usr/portage can get very huge and is often written to. With
6 > > > / and /usr being on the same FS you really want to have
7 > > > /usr/portage on a seperate FS then
8 > > >
9 > > > I am sure there are some other reasons too.
10 > > >
11 > > > Just my 2¢
12 > > >
13 > > > -Marc
14 > >
15 > > Having /usr/portage on a different partition will still be supported if
16 > > I understood correctly (at least, it still works fine for me even having
17 > > the rest of /usr under / partition)
18 >
19 > yes. My point was, that if you have a separate /usr you may be ok
20 > with no seperate /usr/portage
21 >
22 > -Marc
23
24 Well, I guess it depends on every administrator :-), for example in my
25 case I use a separate partition for it to have it mounted without
26 "notail" reiserfs option (as "tail" is slower in "normal" conditions),
27 allowing me to spend around 300 MB on it instead of 3,5G. That way, I
28 would have it in a separate partition even having /usr on a separate
29 one.
30
31 But this is probably a bit off-topic :-)

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