filePro RAID comments wanted

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 04:01:35PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> Simon--er, no...it was Walter Vaughan--said:
> > so everything's been in /appl/filepro or /appl/fp. Since FreeBSD
> > and most other systems like to suggest mounting user directories
> > and other sundries on different mount points the / directory
> > typically only gets 10-20% of the disk space, which sucks for
> > the /appl end of things.
> > I've noticed that many of us have filepro mounted on a /u mount
> > point, HOWEVER we've got probably 10,000 places in code since
> > 1986 that has hard coded locations like /appl/fp/shellscript.
> > 
> [snip]
> > 
> > Anyway I think that the best thing would be to have
> > a single mount point rather than accept the defaults
> > and then combine the disk space that would have gone
> > to /usr with the / mount point. Its not like I plan or would
> 
> > I'm not worried about fdisk times. I've jerked the plugs out
> 
> You shouldn't be if you use a journalling fs.  :)
> 
> I don't understand your quandry.  If you install fP in /u/appl and adjust
> the variables in fppath to fit, fP will run properly.
> 
> You're citing cases where you've got hardcoded entries to scripts and such
> that are expected to be in /appl.  
> 
> The solution seems quite simple.  Install to /u/appl [or wherever], and for
> your legacy accomodations:
> 
>      ln -s /u/appl /appl

Is there any reason not to simply make /appl a mount point?

Cheers,
-- jra
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