Re: systemd, fstab, noauto and nofail

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

]] Jonas Smedegaard 

> Quoting Russ Allbery (2014-11-22 18:01:12)
> > I also like the idea of not having ssh depend on all local file 
> > systems to be mounted.  I think it's going to be pretty rare to have a 
> > system that has /lib and /etc mounted but can't start ssh.  In theory, 
> > that's possible with a split / and /usr, but as we've discussed in 
> > other threads, that's an extremely unusual configuration these days.
> 
> It surprises me that it is considered "extremely unusual": It is an 
> option offered in stable debian-installer without any advanced trickery 
> (just select LVM and pick the last option) - I quite commonly use that, 
> and would be surprised if I am alone in that.
> 
> I pick that option to avoid e.g. video editing that accidentally fills 
> $HOME to wreak havoc on postfix processing (only stall local delivery).

How does having /usr on a separate file system help with this?  I could
understand if you'd put /var on a separate file system, but /usr won't
help you here.

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