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minus-squareMagiilaro@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up47·4 months agoMostly historical reasons, /home was often a network mounted directory, but /root must be local. And only regular users have their home in /home
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIdk why I feel compelled to add this info, but / doesn’t have to be local as long as the necessary kernel modules for mounting it are available in the initrd or built into the kernel.
minus-squareMagiilaro@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoYes, that is true. I was speaking in the context of very early Unix/Linux before initrd was a thing.
Mostly historical reasons, /home was often a network mounted directory, but /root must be local.
And only regular users have their home in /home
Idk why I feel compelled to add this info, but / doesn’t have to be local as long as the necessary kernel modules for mounting it are available in the initrd or built into the kernel.
Yes, that is true. I was speaking in the context of very early Unix/Linux before initrd was a thing.