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

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