The case for the /usr merge
The case for the /usr merge
Posted Jan 27, 2012 5:38 UTC (Fri) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955)In reply to: The case for the /usr merge by rickmoen
Parent article: The case for the /usr merge
Even that aside, it's highly likely that two deliberately small, seldom modified filesystems will be available even if much-vaster, far more dynamic /usr cannot be mounted and must be repaired.
The root filesystem is not seldom modified; in fact, until recently it was very difficult to avoid having to mount it read-write.
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