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Split-/usr on Linux became so broken, that even Gentoo maintainers decided they can't fix it
(gitweb.gentoo.org)
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These days, AFAIK network boot is done thru initramfs. It loads rootfs in most cases I've seen tho.
True, network boot is not best example. Shared /usr is much better one. For example if you are school that wants to buy 100 thin clients for very cheap.