From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 14 15:59:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F084B1065673; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A48098FC1A; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:59:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 63.imp.bsdimp.com (63.imp.bsdimp.com [10.0.0.63]) (authenticated bits=0) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id pAEFs93s068828 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:54:09 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:53:57 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: 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> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (harmony.bsdimp.com [10.0.0.6]); Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:54:09 -0700 (MST) Cc: Ed Schouten , Doug Barton , arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The strangeness called `sbin' X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:59:39 -0000 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