Re: Partitioning disk

[scr <whoknows@onlinehome.de>]

Lazar Fleysher schrieb:
> 
> Hi Everybody,
> 
> This question has been a topic of many discussions but I still do not
> understand the reason why people suggest to have separate partitions of
> /usr
> /usr/local/
> 
> In early days when disks were small, this was the only choise, but now,
> why do not just have a 1 - 2G partition for the system and other
> partitions for other things as needed?

Back to the original question:

I can't see a conflict in both of your statements.
/usr goes to "system" as it contains distribution-specific stuff
/usr/local belongs to "other things", i.e. stuff, that you install
locally on your machine(s).

scr