Hendrik Boom wrote:
> There's a small number of directories that are supposed to be on the
> root filesystem, or otherwise available during boot. I believe /etc
> and /bin are two of these.
>
> /usr is not. I suspect /var isn't either.
>
> init is supposed to be able to read /etc/fstab to find the others.
> That's why /etc has to be on the root filesystem.
>
> So it is available for init-time configuration files.

/etc is the right place for config files, and init scripts
have historically lived there. I hope we can agree on at
least this part!

> -- hendrik
>
> >
> > Perhaps LSB should add a directory called /mustnotbemountpoint directly
> > off the root, for stuff that must be available immediately upon
> > mounting the root partition for the first time.
>
> There are already several suuch directories.
>
> -- hendrik
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