On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 02:47:56PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On 16/08/2010 14:00, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > ]] "Perry E. Metzger" > > | In the embedded space, which I know a lot about, it is true that the > > | root FS is on flash or other expensive media -- but it isn't like /usr > > | is on cheaper media in such an environment, it is always part of the > > | root fs anyway, so it makes no difference. > > Take a look at the N900 where most of the user-installed applications > > are on /home (well, /opt, but that's a symlink to /opt/home), which is a > > 32GB eMMC flash, while the root file system is a 256MB NAND flash, which > > is vastly more expensive. So while the situation you are describing > > might be common, it's not always true. > To be honest, I'm not sure the N900 /opt debacle is really to be taken > as an example. (and / and /usr are basically on the same media, when it > comes to boot) Yes, but *if* they had been following the FHS, putting /usr on the separate disk would be the way to do it :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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