Re: About to format the whole laptop, need some partitioning advice.

[berenger.morel@neutralite.org]

Le 06.02.2014 11:03, Scott Ferguson a écrit :
> On 06/02/14 20:09, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
> > Le 05.02.2014 19:31, John Hasler a écrit :
> > > yaro wrote:
> > > > Separate /usr is unneeded and actually complicates boot for little
> > > > benefit.
> > >
> > > It allows you to mount it read-only (or not at all when there's a
> > > problem).  It only complicates boot due to the practice of putting 
> > > stuff
> > > that belongs under / under /usr.
> >
> > Do you have some example? I would like to learn that kind of issues
> > *before* they happen to me :)
>
> An fsck error.
> In which case it's quicker to run e2fsck on just /usr than on the 
> entire /

I meant an example of stuff which should be in / but are in fact in 
/usr.

> NOTE: I don't see why a "desktop" user would need a separate /usr for
> any other reason - but I'll keep following the post thread just in 
> case.
>
> Kind regards

Filling /usr enough to make it explode? If it is in /, then it is said 
( here and there ) that it may cause problems.  However I do not have 
enough knowledge myself to know if it is true.