Re: /usr/lib vs /usr/libexec
Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
> On Wednesday 11 May 2005 01:39, Goswin von Brederlow
> <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>> / on lvm is a major pain in case of error and if you already need a
>> seperate / partition adding another for /boot is a bit stupid.
>
> / on LVM allows for snapshot backups which are the most convenient method of
> backup.
Except that the kernel freezes the device because the DM lock and
device node updating deadlock.
Might work with udev or devfs, haven't tried that.
>> >> - /usr can be easily network (shared accross the same arch) mounted
>> >> while / (due to /etc) can't
>> >
>> > Why is this desirable in the days of large disks? There is no machine
>> > for which I am responsible which has a disk space issue other than my
>> > laptop. None of my machines has /usr taking any significant portion of
>> > the disk space.
>>
>> I have two recently bought systems without disk. Just a small flash to
>> boot from. Those mips based wireless and dsl routers from linksys and
>> similar are very popular as well as meshcubes.
>
> How much storage do the wireless and DSL routers have?
>
> Flash devices up to 1G in size are quite common nowadays. Distributions that
> can work with 32M of storage are still available (Familiar is one example).
16-64MB depending on model.
Adding a big usb stick or CF card for /usr makes a very nice and quite
router.
MfG
Goswin
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