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On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:52:22 -0400, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>> After reading that, and other similar threads, I still don't |
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>> understand the benefits of a separated /usr. |
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> Putting it on a logical volume is one advantage, allowing /usr to be |
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> resized should the need arise. |
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Why not allow / to be resized entirely? You probably will take the |
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machine off-line anyway. |
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>> Mounting it read-only |
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>> seems the only sensible one, and then I think is better to go all the |
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>> way and mount / read-only. |
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> Putting /etc on a read-only filesystem seems a really bad idea. |
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mount -o remount,rw / |
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emerge --sync && emerge -uDNv world |
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dispatch-conf |
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mount -o remount,ro / |
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Or, if you only want to modify some configuration file (which in a |
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sane environment doesn't happen that often): |
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mount -o remount,rw / |
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adduser fulano ... |
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mount -o remount,ro / |
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Again, I don't see the reason for a separated /usr. But *again*, if |
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that's what you want, you will be able to do it. You will just need an |
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initramfs. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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