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Date:      Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:13:30 +0000
From:      marko@uk.radan.com
Message-ID:  <E10HOlV-000PqX-00@post.mail.demon.net>

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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
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