From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 18 21:10:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56396106566C for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:10:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F342C8FC0C for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:10:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id q1IL6Tmf033722; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:06:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id q1IL6T6g033721; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:06:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:06:28 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Daniel Staal Message-ID: <20120218210628.GA33662@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> <20120217234623.cf7e169c.freebsd@edvax.de> <3D08D03C85ACFBB1ABCDC5DA@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D08D03C85ACFBB1ABCDC5DA@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/home vs /home (was: Re: One or Four?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:10:13 -0000 On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 09:16:34PM -0500, Daniel Staal wrote: > --As of February 17, 2012 11:46:23 PM +0100, Polytropon is alleged to have > said: > > >Well, to be honest, I never liked the "old style" default > >with /home being part of /usr. As I mentioned before, _my_ > >default style for separated partitions include: > > > > / > > swap > > /tmp > > /var > > /usr > > /home > > > >In special cases, add /opt or /scratch as separate partitions > >with intendedly limited sizes. > > > >You can see that all user data is kept independently from > >the rest of the system. It can easily be switched over to > >a separate "home disk" if needed. > > --As for the rest, it is mine. > > I'm in agreement with you on that I like to have /home be a separate > partition, and not under /usr. (Of course, my current zfs system has 40 > partitions...) Partly though I recognize that I like it because that's > what I'm used to, and how I learned to set it up originally. (My first > unix experience was with OpenBSD, over 10 years ago now.) > > I've never seen anything listing the main reasons for having /home under > /usr though. I figure there must be a decent reason why. Would anyone > care to enlighten me? What are the perceived advantages? (Particularly if > you then make a symlink to /home.) > > Just a question that's been bugging me, as I read through different FreeBSD > docs. I think it was just ancient history when everything was small and besides root, swap and /tmp was in /usr. ////jerry > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"