Re: /var or /usr for data?

Wojciech Puchar wrote:
It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is
to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for
years.

my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and
nothing more. and forget all problems about how to partition your drive
right...

With a single, large filesystem on /, you cannot take advantage of
things like background fsck, cuz / always needs to be checked fully
before the system goes multiuser.

A small / partition is quick to fsck, and can be kept mounted sync to
ensure consistency without harming system throughput. All the others
(/var, /usr, /foo) can be checked after the machine is live, greatly
speeding up post-crash recovery.

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