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

[Oren Beck]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>  _______________________________________________
Good catch on my potential misstatement of the file description. /usr
is indeed what you reminded me.
I used the term /user to denote a  "named_user" data file.

Yet the core concept is not the merit lacking proposal that it seems
to be, IF the "user data" and the operating System" are detached
devices- live can get easier for us. Details later.



-- 
Oren Beck

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