[openbeos] Re: For R1 or R2: /home on separate partition?
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:23:27 -0500
>> I think having a separate drive for /home is a really good idea, and
>> a workaround should be put into the boot process to be able to handle
>> this. I didn't realize it didn't already work that way. It should
>> be made possible to mount just about everything from some other
>> partition,
>> excluding a few obviously necessary system bits.
>
>I think it would be beneficial to change the current R5 directory
>structure for OpenBeOS R1.
>There could be a directory "common" or whatever which is holding the
>current config stuff (not the settings, but drivers etc. - users
>shouldn't be able to have their own drivers; doesn't make that much
>sense either). Let "/boot/home" be a link to that directory, so that it
>won't break any of the current apps (of course you could also just
>change the meaning of the current home directory).
>
>Then there could be an additional "/boot/users/baron" directory (or
>symlink) where the actual user data and configs are stored.
>
>That's an extension that will barely take any (more) time to code, but
>will move the directory structure to be able to fully support multiple
>users - just on disk, I don't want to restart that discussion.
>
>Adios...
> Axel.
Users absolutely should be able to have drivers.
Among other reasons, when you install 3rd party drivers (like Thomas' IDE
driver), you have an easy way to regress. If all drivers go into /boot/beos,
there is no "safe mode".
I am not against changing the directory structure. For R2.
Among other reasons, doing the job 1/2 way wins us little and will lock us in
to a direction that we haven't necessarily fully considered or agreed to. :-/
That is *exactly* why we have GE.
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