🚀 go-pugleaf

bod@compusol.com.au (Brendan O'Dea) writes:

> Manfred Bartz  <mbartz@werple.net.au> wrote:
> [snip]
> >The ``/usr'' branch often is by far the biggest directory branch.  
> >If you want to install X11 (which is *big*), that will go there too.
> >
> >So maybe you want to create a directory ``X11R6'' on another
> >partition.  Lets assume your other partition is ``/dev/hda2'' and you
> >are mounting it under ``/hda2''.  Refer to your ``/etc/fstab'', also
<stuff deleted> 
> Que?  Why not just mount the partition directly under usr?  ...

Because you may want to move other parts of your directory tree to
``/hda2''.  Sure, it could get a bit messy, but it provides for more
flexibility. 
>                                                         ... This sort
> of setup works fine:
> 
>     ...
>     /dev/hda1  /           ext2  defaults 1 1
>     /dev/hda2  /usr        ext2  defaults 1 2
>     /dev/hda3  /usr/X11R6  ext2  defaults 1 2
>     /dev/hda4  /usr/local  ext2  defaults 1 2
>     ...
<snip>

Yep, that would work too.  There is more than one way to skin a cat  :-)

Cheers
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