Subj : MBSE, Sysops and distros
To : Sean Dennis
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Jul 18 2015 09:42 pm
18 Jul 15 20:18, you wrote to me:
SD> Hello mark,
SD> 18 Jul 15 17:17, you wrote to Vince Coen:
ml>> i'm rather tossed up about whether to install to /home on a separate
ml>> drive/partition as i generally (try to) do or to install to /opt and
ml>> have that on another drive/partition...
SD> MBSE was designed to be installed in /opt.
that may be but there was a modification that moved it to an easy installation
to /home/whatever...
SD> The author specifies that and it was explained to me that doesn't
SD> break the LFS that way either.
while i do build my own *nix installations, i don't know all that much about
LFS... and i don't really see where it matters all that much in this case,
either...
SD> I have /opt installed on a separate 320GB hard drive for ease of
SD> backup and the ability to switch distros if need be without totally
SD> breaking my MBSE install.
i do that with /home as a matter of principle... especially since i don't want
to break an user's private installs and such ;)
)\/(ark
... A paddle-pop stick and some electrician's tape is cheaper than viagra.
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