From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 1 1:13:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 389F1151F9 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 01:13:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10HOlV-000PqX-00; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:13:30 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Message-Id: From: marko@uk.radan.com Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:13:30 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Sunday, 28 February 1999 at 12:54:38 -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > > Ben Smithurst wrote: > >> > >> On my machine "/" is a separate filesystem, but if you've got so > >> little space it probably won't hurt to stick them all on one > >> filesystem. > >> > >> Perhaps someone can tell me why my method is a bad idea, if it is. > > > Ben is right: on such a tiny disk, you shouldn't have more than one > file system. > Would a single filesystem not cause problems if the system went down ungracefully, e.g. a sudden power cut?. I'm thinking of the situation when the system comes up single user because it can't mount a corrupted /usr and/or /var, requiring you to fsck them manually. In this case would it still be able to mount / read-only, even though it was on the same filesystem as /usr? > > Greg > -- -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message