Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:53:57 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The strangeness called `sbin' Message-ID: <D44D5636-4CB0-4B01-A7B2-412E3AAF8F7B@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMvimx5eDPtbAxo3NME29CsmfYQTc8i6=pEG8BUqAjgTOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20111110123919.GF2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBC4B6E.4060607@FreeBSD.org> <20111111112821.GP2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBDC06F.6020907@FreeBSD.org> <20111112103918.GV2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBF0003.3060401@FreeBSD.org> <20111113091940.GX2164@hoeg.nl> <4EC04B65.4030801@FreeBSD.org> <20111114092922.GA2164@hoeg.nl> <CAOgwaMvimx5eDPtbAxo3NME29CsmfYQTc8i6=pEG8BUqAjgTOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Nov 14, 2011, at 3:42 AM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Is it not possible to use a symbolic link from /usr/home to /home and = put > /home into a separate partition or drive ? >=20 > Mandriva Linux ( and other Linux distributions , mostly ) is using = this > separate partition and it is possible to completely install ( not = upgrade ) > a new version without losing /home by only specifying to mount the = existing > /home during new installation . Even it is asking whether /var will be > re-installed or not . >=20 > In FreeBSD , such a new ( default ) version installation from released > *.iso CD/DVD is not possible without losing existing /usr/home . I haven't created a FreeBSD system that has users in /usr/home since = 1998 or so. It is about the stupidest place to put user directories, = since it keeps you from mounting things read-only, mixes user data with = critical system data, etc. I've always created a /machine-name = partition for the users to live in. This also lets me mount dune:/dune = from harmony on /dune and harmony:/harmony on /harmony on dune so that = any absolute paths that sneak in are preserved on the other machine.... = Although to be honest lately I've tended to have one big file server = machine and not even create a user's partition on slave machines. = Still, nothing in /usr/home there either :) Warner
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