From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 152E01381F3 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:31:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB465E0F54; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:31:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com (mail-wi0-f180.google.com [209.85.212.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9E4CE0F4B for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:31:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f180.google.com with SMTP id l12so340928wiv.1 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:31:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=a4t4Bhp4cEtZrv6L3eoohfsnh20ZrqLQ0UcAKqZkl9U=; b=VK6Tl42oPFEYLwHG4jfY0iBL7ExAboRNrH3hxAA00iS4O2ixrqxym9N/+/N88/YxXN O645+fnY+6fLh8dFILjmIhQ8nZBF32RL16bOnJGrmvuv2AA1C2in0Sd5FCQy8DdDgs4b Z5fueNNC4rg5i2PrxpQf/EhB0s7IIjLUpNz1Ac9XFunnLId+fO8OPX7SjtAa/kVA0jKf SNTZuoXh5zdRCP65HSLDCtTVCODt/T2zaXqhcA86rcUOXxwtHwxHNtHQh76pGN49OJeT VQNK7jqDxN2Pz4TH/9XxmjPjDmrFu1I8krkGF058fGywqaSP15O3uYxLX6SZ1WrUaF82 RfsA== X-Received: by 10.180.185.97 with SMTP id fb1mr6087410wic.61.1377948679333; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:31:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vidovic (117.214.116.78.rev.sfr.net. [78.116.214.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id z2sm3299764wiv.11.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:31:18 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Nicolas Sebrecht Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:31:36 +0200 From: Nicolas Sebrecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Nicolas Sebrecht Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: where did lvm installation guide go? Message-ID: <20130831113136.GA7511@vidovic> References: <87sixschz7.fsf@nyu.edu> <87wqn4ar3w.fsf@nyu.edu> <52203746.3090203@gmail.com> <522046B3.3060209@gmail.com> <5220A68D.1080407@libertytrek.org> <5220AE1F.20601@libertytrek.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5220AE1F.20601@libertytrek.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 7ae6dd26-e2ac-47e2-bdc5-f02125a22e50 X-Archives-Hash: c217899151cf646e8cf83f95f36cd947 On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:37:19AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > Just fyi... the *only* problem that I have with this is that I have an > *existing* system that has a separate /usr, and it only has that > separate /usr because when I followed the original gentoo installation > handbook back in 2003 or so, it actually had a separate /usr in the > example directory structure layout, so I thought it was the official > gentoo *recommendation* to do it that way. Following the Gentoo original handbook at that time was the good thing to do. But things change over time. What was true in 2003 might not still be true today or tomorrow. Things did change to the point that nowadays using an initramfs to keep a seperate /usr filesystem is the way to go. It's surprising you to have taken the handbook from Gentoo as best practice guide to get a proper system and not beeing fine with the recommendations of today. > If I wasn't in this predicament, I'd just make a mental note to never > install /usr to a separate partition and be done with it. Honestly, I used to have create a dedicated /usr filesystem for a long long time. It really was a big plus in the past. Except of some corner cases, I don't think it worth the trouble anymore. -- Nicolas Sebrecht