Hi Everyone, Here's something I've had a bit of a problem figuring out. When someone says the "root filesystem", I automatically think of / and everything installed on it (/root, /usr, /etc, /var and so on, excluding of course /boot and swap) in one partition. I usually setup my systems like so: /boot /dev/sdXX /root /dev/sdXX /usr /dev/sdXX /etc /dev/sdXX /var /dev/sdXX /home /dev/sdXX /tmp /dev/sdXX Or better yet, use LVM. In this scenario, what would the root filesystem be? Everything else that doesn't have it's own partition? Does it still refer to /usr, /etc, /var etc., even though they reside on their own partitions (I'm thinking it's this last one)? If you're wondering why I'm asking, I've been considering trying out OpenSSI on Fedora Core 2. One of OpenSSI's neat features is it's ability to have root filesystem failover. If the root node goes down, another one can take over as long as that node has been setup to use the shared root filesystem (it has to be installed on some type of network storage). I've just been wondering what happens if the root filesystem is spread across several partitions, which led me to confusing myself about what "root filesystem" actually means. Thanks in advance. Regards, Ranbir -- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Systems Aligned Inc. www.systemsaligned.com
