[conspire] fyi: Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split

[Rick Moen]

I wrote:

> Anyway, the server that hosts this mailing list has:
> 
> <System> <mount point>          <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/sda7       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> /dev/md3        /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
> /dev/sda8       /recovery       ext3    defaults        0       2
> /dev/sda9       /usr            ext2    nodev,ro        0       2
> /dev/md4        /usr/local      ext3    defaults        0       2
> /dev/sda6       /var            ext2    noatime,nodev,nosuid 0       2
> /dev/md1        /var/lib        ext3    nodev           0       2
> /dev/md2        /var/spool      ext3    defaults        0       2
> /dev/md0        /var/www        ext3    nodev,nosuid    0       2
> /dev/sda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/sdb8       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/sdc8       none            swap    sw              0       0
> 
> Notice that the /usr filesystem is (1) ext2 (unjournaled) and (2) 
> normally unmounted.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Dammit.  Crud.  Everywhere I wrote 'normally umounted' for /usr in that
post, I meant and should have said 'normally read-only'.

I sincerely apologise if I confused the hell out of anyone.