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



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 /

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



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