Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01

[Tanstaafl]

On 2013-09-29 2:25 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> Tanstaafl wrote:
>> The way I see it, if you cannot provide a rational answer to that
>> question, then  there is no reason for you to use this as a reason to
>> abandon gentoo, only a reason to merge /usr into /...

> Simple, I have never had to resize / or /boot before.  I have had to
> resize /usr, /var and /home several times tho.  THAT is the reason.

Ok, but... everything I've read and personal experience over the years 
shows that space required for /usr should not change much, especially 
constantly grow over time (like requirements for /home can and will)- it 
may fluctuate (increase, decrease) *a little* over time, but it 
definitely should not grow substantially, so, if you had to resize it, 
most likely it is because you simply didn't allocate enough room to 
start with.

> For me, it doesn't matter if it is rational to YOU or not.

Sorry, but rationality is not subjective. Just because something seems 
to be rational to you doesn't mean that it is.

You have still not stated a logical, rational reason for wanting a 
separate /usr.

> I am the one doing things on my puter not you or anyone else. If the
> init thingy fails, that will be me staring at a error message, not
> you.

I don't want one of those things either, but that isn't what I was 
questioning you about.

Of course you can do whatever you want *and* are technically capable of 
on your own computer, but that doesn't automatically make those things 
logical or rational.

I did see one good case for a separate /usr (someone who was using 
ancient PATA drives, and something about striping for performance), but 
that was obviously a corner case...