Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:00:38 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Alwyn Schoeman <alwyns@littlecruncher.prizm.dhs.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: window manager question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001051545430.58669-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20000105171748.A44606@littlecruncher.prizm.dhs.org>
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Alwyn Schoeman wrote: >What do you mean when you say reducing writes to /? Why? Traditionally, from what i know, the / partition is ttreated as sacred, and should be protected in the event of a crash. If some app is writing to / and the OS crashes, your root partition may become corrupted. So, by putting everything that gets written to in /usr (which should be a separate partition or even a different HD) then writes to the oh-so-important / partition are minimized. In the event of a major crash, the root directory should still be operational, allowing the system to start and begin recovery procedures. -=> jm <=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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