Re:Fedora 40 Plans To Unify /usr/bin and /usr/sbin
by nuc1e0n on Sunday December 24, 2023 @05:12PM
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On linux the initrd filesystem can do this IIRC
Re:Fedora 40 Plans To Unify /usr/bin and /usr/sbin
by brirec on Sunday December 24, 2023 @05:22PM
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Indeed most Linux distros today first boot into an initrd filesystem, mount the “real” rootfs somewhere, and then `pivot_root` to the real `/` while calling init (usually systemd) these days
Re:Fedora 40 Plans To Unify /usr/bin and /usr/sbin
by znpy on Sunday December 24, 2023 @05:28PM
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An important part of passing the red hat certified system administrator (rhcsa) was to be able to recover a rhel system that was failing at booting… i got that in my exam, and i suspect that’s present in every exam session.
Good times, I miss working on rhel systems.
Hard disks used to fail pretty often, filesystems had (and still have) bugs. It makes sense to stick your administrative utilities needed to run/recover a given system in its own little less frequently modified filesystem vs. user applications that tend to see more churn/use in general.
It's not strictly a disk space issue.