Re: [PLUG] /etc on a separate partition

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 12:36:52PM -0800, Wayne Dawson wrote:
> Well thanks, but I don't just want to "make more partitions".  The purpose 
> is to minimize the effort and time that would be required in various 
> failure/recovery scenarios.

Putting /etc on a RAID device will increase, not decrease, the
effort, because whatever tricks you pull now will have to be pulled
again when the OS is upgraded or when a variety of other changes are
made. It's not a win. Don't do it.

As for "reliablity", that's what tape's for.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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