What should I do about /opt/freeware ?

I've installed rootvg on a pair of 9 GB SCSI disks (mirrored), but I
note it creates the directory /opt/freeware. I've also noticed that
one of the site that has binaries also writes to /opt/freeware. I can
see that filling up very quickly if I'm not careful.

What's the best way to put have a directory /opt/freeware where I can
dump a load of stuff, without making my life hard if I need to restore
the OS. It gives me some confort knowing the OS is on two disks, and
nothing else is on them disks. Clearly if I leave things as they are,
two propblems will arrise

* If I need to restore the OS, it will overwrite /opt/freeware
* I suspect I'll want to put to put a sufficient number of binaries
in /opt/freeware, that a 9 GB disk will soon fill up.

I wish places people distributing binaries would put them in a
different place to where the OS system uses.

One option I did consider was simply mouting a file system /opt/
freeware on /opt, so the OS files are hidden. Then if the system need
to be restored, the OS files would be available, and my other disk
would have to be mounted manually.



Dave
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