The case for the /usr merge
The case for the /usr merge
Posted Feb 2, 2012 5:44 UTC (Thu) by thedevil (guest, #32913)In reply to: The case for the /usr merge by raven667
Parent article: The case for the /usr merge
"if you don't have an initrd then the root filesystem and /usr need to
be mountable by the bare kernel without tools"
be mountable by the bare kernel without tools"
'Scuse me, I don't follow this part. / yes, /usr no. They can be very
different, after all, /usr can be a network filesystem or more generally
just require a kernel module to mount. Isn't that what the whole debate
is about?
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