Request for Comments: Keeping the OS and Data on phsyically seperated drives

[Luke -Jr]

On Thursday 03 April 2008, Oren Beck wrote:
> "The Zen of Everything being a file" so far has not covered the WHERE
> we put the files!
Sure it has.

Anyhow, you should define what you mean by "data".

/usr should always be read-only OS files-- it's generally considered safe to 
mount it read-only in everyday use.
/usr/local is another matter, if you use it, and not as well defined.

More read-only OS directories: /bin /boot /lib /sbin

Configuration should all be in /etc, /usr/local/etc (on some OS), 
and /home/*/.*

User data will always be in /home/* (or /root for root of course).

Daemon data is kept in /var