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On Wed, 09 May 2007 19:53:08 +0200 |
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Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? |
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> And if so, why? |
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Yes, I'm one of those. |
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Some say it gives performance boost (I'm not sure about it), but more |
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importantly it gives (partial) protection from file system damage. How |
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come? The partitions with most frequent writes are those |
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containing /var /home and /tmp. In case of power failure or system |
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lock-up the chances are better that a file system not taking writes at |
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the moment would survive the crash. Following this logic and since /usr |
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contains most of the programs and /bin & /sbin contain most of the |
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basic OS, those should reside on partitions with rare writes. |
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Best regards, |
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Daniel |
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