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Hello Daniel Iliev, |
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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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You could also argue that /usr needs the least protection from filesystem |
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damage, because it contains no data. /usr can be repaired with |
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a reinstall, unlike /var, /home or /etc. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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