Separate /usr partition

[Michael Cronenworth]

Kam Leo wrote:
>
> It probably has less to do with the boot process and more with disto
> upgrading; i.e. less likely that user files get clobbered if /usr is
> separate.

Nope. It has everything to do with booting. Some packages in /bin 
depended on libs in /usr/lib{64} so calling the init script before /usr 
is mounted would fail. There's a discussion about this in the devel list 
if you search the history for it.