[ On Friday, June 6, 2003 at 13:55:07 (-0700), Greywolf wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Rototil of sysinst partitioning code
>
> Your logic is flawed.  A 40 GB root partition which encompasses the
> entirety of the system just does not lend itself well to troubleshooting
> when things go wrong.

No it is your logic which is fatally flawed.

You have just again used a blatantly misleading example to spread F.U.D.
You are mis-representing the issues here.

You are assuming that including the base OS /usr components on the root
filesystem implies all the other strange and wonderful and stupid things
that you and others have been spreading F.U.D. about.

In fact putting the base OS /usr components on the root filesystem has
NOTHING whatosever at all to do with any of the other F.U.D. you and
others have been bandying about.

Now please try to get this very simple fact straight in your head before
you go on trying to spread more F.U.D. about including the base OS /usr
components on the root filesystem!

Remember we are very explicitly _NOT_ talking about /var, /home, /tmp,
or even necessarily /usr/src or /usr/pkgsrc or /usr/pkg or /usr/local.

Changing the default install to not include a /usr filesystem involves
_ONLY_ those base OS components which reside under the /usr hierarchy.
Nothing more is implied.  All the arguments you and others have tried to
use to complain about this are either completely baseless, blatantly
incorrect, or disparaging of other systems for all the wrong reasons.

I believe you do have the right ideas about why separate filesystems are
beneficial when implemented appropriately so now please try to use that
knowledge rationally and without making assumptions which do not apply.

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