Xore · Xore · Sep 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # #2646 — warm-slot reproducibility on the production triage path
 
+> `/mnt-1` paths below are dead as of #3158/#3159 (decommissioned 2026-09-09). Left
+> as-written since this is a dated record; see `docs/HOMESERVER-DISK-LAYOUT.md` for
+> current layout.
+
 ## 0. What this session could and could not do
 
 State this first so nothing below is read as stronger than it is.

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # chain_cold.sh -- start the full cold re-run once phase 3's scoring is done.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/chain_cold.sh.
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/chain_cold.sh.
 #
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Why the wait condition is positive, not "is the GPU idle"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # is a wasted day of GPU rather than an error message.
 set -u
 
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 RESULTS=${RESULTS:-$BASE/1947full}
 TAGLIST=${TAGLIST:-$BASE/models_requant.txt}
 MAX_WAIT_MIN=${MAX_WAIT_MIN:-4320}   # 72h

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # chain_phase3.sh -- run phase 3's SCORING half once phase 2 has actually
 # finished with the GPU.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/chain_phase3.sh. Committed here
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/chain_phase3.sh. Committed here
 # because the previous generation of chain scripts (chain2b.sh, chain3.sh) were
 # never committed, did not survive the rebuild, and took phases 2.5/3/5 with
 # them (#2985).
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # green light to spend GPU hours on the next phase.
 set -u
 
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 RESULTS=${RESULTS:-$BASE/1947full}
 ROSTER=${ROSTER:-$BASE/models_extra_all.txt}
 TAGLIST=${TAGLIST:-$BASE/models_requant.txt}

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # chain_round7.sh -- #3087: fire the round-7 slot sweeps once every round-7
 # roster tag is measured on the ghidra slot AND the GPU work area is idle.
 #
-# Operational copy: /mnt-1/benchmarks/chain_round7.sh.
+# Operational copy: /var/benchmarks/chain_round7.sh.
 #
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Why the wait condition is POSITIVE, not "is the GPU idle" -- the same
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #   every tag in models_round7.txt has both tier files
 #   (tierA_<slug>_run1.json + tierB_<slug>_run1.json) OR an
 #   UNMEASURED_slots.../UNMEASURED_<slug>.status marker in
-#   /mnt-1/benchmarks/round7/
+#   /var/benchmarks/round7/
 #
 # ...AND no sweep_extra.sh / round7_coldrun.sh's own drivers
 # (coldrun.sh) / record_baseline.py process is alive. Both must hold at once:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # as the second line of defence.
 set -u
 
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 RESULTS=${RESULTS:-$BASE/round7}
 TAGLIST=${TAGLIST:-$BASE/models_round7.txt}
 MAX_WAIT_MIN=${MAX_WAIT_MIN:-10080}   # 7 days: the cold run alone is 2-4

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 # Preconditions this asserts rather than assumes: hp-llm-worker down,
 # sweep_extra.sh not running, no record_baseline in flight.
 set -u
-REPO=/mnt-1/benchmarks/APIARY
-OUT=/mnt-1/benchmarks/coldprobe
-CACHE=/mnt-1/benchmarks/tierb-cache
+REPO=/var/benchmarks/APIARY
+OUT=/var/benchmarks/coldprobe
+CACHE=/var/benchmarks/tierb-cache
 mkdir -p "$OUT/logs"
 
 die() { echo "ABORT: $*" >&2; exit 1; }

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # coldrun.sh -- re-measure the WHOLE #1947 roster under one uniform regime:
 # cold slot, N=2 with automatic escalation, live workers stopped.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/coldrun.sh.
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/coldrun.sh.
 #
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Why this exists
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # it away to save disk would be the same mistake as deleting the weights.
 set -u
 
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 COLD=${COLD:-$BASE/1947cold}
 ROSTER=${ROSTER:-$BASE/models_cold_all.txt}
 REPO=${REPO:-$BASE/APIARY}

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # gptoss_finalize.sh -- #1947 phase 2.5 / #2279 step 3.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/gptoss_finalize.sh. Committed here
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/gptoss_finalize.sh. Committed here
 # because its predecessor (gptoss_rerun.sh) was never committed and did not
 # survive the 2026-09-03/04 rebuild (#2985).
 #
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #   DRY_RUN=1 bash gptoss_finalize.sh  # report only
 set -u
 
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 RESULTS=${RESULTS:-$BASE/1947full}
 DRY_RUN=${DRY_RUN:-0}
 

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # Two jobs, both read-mostly:
 #
-# 1. RE-CREATE THE LOST SAMPLER (#2245). /mnt-1/benchmarks/vram_samples.tsv was
+# 1. RE-CREATE THE LOST SAMPLER (#2245). /var/benchmarks/vram_samples.tsv was
 #    the empirical record of served size and CPU/GPU split per model -- the input
 #    #2245's category-1 "which models actually spill" list was supposed to rest
 #    on. It was wiped with the rest of the work area (#2971) and is in no mirror,
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 # Stop with: pkill -f keep_and_sample.sh   (leaves every alias in place)
 set -u
 OLLAMA=ghidra-ollama-1
-SAMPLES=/mnt-1/benchmarks/vram_samples.tsv
-KEPT=/mnt-1/benchmarks/kept-aliases.tsv
+SAMPLES=/var/benchmarks/vram_samples.tsv
+KEPT=/var/benchmarks/kept-aliases.tsv
 INTERVAL=60
 
 oll() { docker exec "$OLLAMA" ollama "$@" 2>/dev/null; }

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # every model that already has both tier run1 files, so the relaunch resumes
 # exactly where it stopped.
 set -u
-BASE=/mnt-1/benchmarks
+BASE=/var/benchmarks
 LOG=$BASE/probe_at_gap.log
 
 say() { echo "$(date -u +%FT%TZ) $*" | tee -a "$LOG"; }

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # recreate-local-tags.sh -- #2985: lost in the same rebuild as
 # gptoss_rerun.sh/requant_sweep.sh/slots_sweep.sh, and never committed before
-# now. Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/recreate-local-tags.sh.
+# now. Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/recreate-local-tags.sh.
 #
 # #2695: rebuilds Ollama-local tags that models_extra_all.txt references but
 # that sweep_extra.sh cannot `ollama pull` (they're not registry tags).

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # from an f16 master and measure every level with the same scorer, at the same
 # pin, as the as-published rows it is being compared against.
 #
-# Operational copy runs from /mnt-1/benchmarks/requant_sweep.sh on the
+# Operational copy runs from /var/benchmarks/requant_sweep.sh on the
 # homeserver. Committed here because the original was never committed, did not
 # survive the 2026-09-03/04 rebuild, and had to be rewritten from its issue
 # (#2985). Keep the two in sync by hand.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Dynamic-quant extension (#3086, round-7 plan §7 R2): IMATRIX= and TENSOR_TYPES=
 #
-#   IMATRIX=/mnt-1/training/calib/calib.txt bash requant_sweep.sh
+#   IMATRIX=/var/training/calib/calib.txt bash requant_sweep.sh
 #   TENSOR_TYPES="re=Q8_0" IMATRIX=... bash requant_sweep.sh
 #
 # IMATRIX turns the plain K-quant ladder into the Dynamic-3.0 methodology
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 # partial writes, not small models.)
 set -u
 
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 WORK=${WORK:-$BASE/f16work}
 RESULTS=${RESULTS:-$BASE/1947full}
 REPO=${REPO:-$BASE/APIARY}

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # resume_phases.sh -- #2985: lost in the same rebuild as gptoss_rerun.sh/
 # requant_sweep.sh/slots_sweep.sh, never committed before now. Operational
-# copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/resume_phases.sh.
+# copy lives at /var/benchmarks/resume_phases.sh.
 #
 # Status: historical. Written to resume the a99e765 cold sweep after a RAM
 # install; that sweep was aborted by operator decision on 2026-09-06 (folded
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@
 # quant-ladder step it does on the way through. chain2b and chain3 then pick up
 # on EXTRA_COMPLETE / REQUANT_SWEEP_COMPLETE as before.
 set -u
-cd /mnt-1/benchmarks || exit 1
+cd /var/benchmarks || exit 1
 
 echo "=== $(date -u +%FT%TZ) resume ==="
 
 # the pinned head is load-bearing: post-merge main defaults to 17 corpus cases
 # against the 14 this sweep measured, which would split the matrix down the middle
-HEAD=$(git -C /mnt-1/benchmarks/APIARY rev-parse --short HEAD)
-BRANCH=$(git -C /mnt-1/benchmarks/APIARY rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+HEAD=$(git -C /var/benchmarks/APIARY rev-parse --short HEAD)
+BRANCH=$(git -C /var/benchmarks/APIARY rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 echo "repo: $HEAD on $BRANCH"
 if [ "$HEAD" != "a99e765" ]; then
   echo "ABORT: repo head moved off a99e765. Phases 2-3 must run on the same case"
   echo "       slice as phase 1. Reset it before resuming."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! grep -q FULLRUN_COMPLETE /mnt-1/benchmarks/fullrun.log 2>/dev/null; then
+if ! grep -q FULLRUN_COMPLETE /var/benchmarks/fullrun.log 2>/dev/null; then
   echo "ABORT: fullrun.log has no FULLRUN_COMPLETE -- phase 1 is not finished."
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -47,29 +47,29 @@ done
 echo "ollama up; $(docker exec ghidra-ollama-1 ollama list 2>/dev/null | tail -n +2 | wc -l) models local"
 
 for s in chain chain2b chain3; do
-  if pgrep -f "/mnt-1/benchmarks/$s.sh" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if pgrep -f "/var/benchmarks/$s.sh" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "ABORT: $s.sh already running -- refusing to double-start the GPU queue"
     exit 1
   fi
 done
 
-cd /mnt-1/benchmarks
-setsid nohup bash /mnt-1/benchmarks/chain.sh   >> /mnt-1/benchmarks/extra.log   2>&1 < /dev/null &
+cd /var/benchmarks
+setsid nohup bash /var/benchmarks/chain.sh   >> /var/benchmarks/extra.log   2>&1 < /dev/null &
 # 2026-09-05 (#1947 review): only launch a waiter whose downstream script
 # still exists. gptoss_rerun.sh / requant_sweep.sh / slots_sweep.sh were lost
 # in the rebuild and were never committed, so chain2b/chain3 would otherwise
 # sit for 14 days on markers nothing can write and report as "running".
-if [ -f /mnt-1/benchmarks/gptoss_rerun.sh ] && [ -f /mnt-1/benchmarks/requant_sweep.sh ]; then
-  setsid nohup bash /mnt-1/benchmarks/chain2b.sh >> /mnt-1/benchmarks/requant.log 2>&1 < /dev/null &
+if [ -f /var/benchmarks/gptoss_rerun.sh ] && [ -f /var/benchmarks/requant_sweep.sh ]; then
+  setsid nohup bash /var/benchmarks/chain2b.sh >> /var/benchmarks/requant.log 2>&1 < /dev/null &
 else
   echo "SKIP chain2b: gptoss_rerun.sh/requant_sweep.sh missing -- phases 2.5/3 not queued"
 fi
-if [ -f /mnt-1/benchmarks/slots_sweep.sh ]; then
-  setsid nohup bash /mnt-1/benchmarks/chain3.sh  >> /mnt-1/benchmarks/slots.log   2>&1 < /dev/null &
+if [ -f /var/benchmarks/slots_sweep.sh ]; then
+  setsid nohup bash /var/benchmarks/chain3.sh  >> /var/benchmarks/slots.log   2>&1 < /dev/null &
 else
   echo "SKIP chain3: slots_sweep.sh missing -- phase 5 not queued"
 fi
 sleep 3
 echo "relaunched:"
-pgrep -af '/mnt-1/benchmarks/chain' || echo "  (nothing came up -- check the logs)"
+pgrep -af '/var/benchmarks/chain' || echo "  (nothing came up -- check the logs)"
 echo "phase 2 (49-model extra roster) is now running; requant and slots chain behind it."
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # round7_build_calib.sh -- #3086 R1: build the round-7 imatrix calibration set
-# at /mnt-1/training/calib/ from corpus-v1 slices, ready to be handed to
+# at /var/training/calib/ from corpus-v1 slices, ready to be handed to
 # requant_sweep.sh as IMATRIX=... and to export_to_ollama.sh as CALIB_FILE=.
 #
-# Operational copy: /mnt-1/training/round7_build_calib.sh.
+# Operational copy: /var/training/round7_build_calib.sh.
 #
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Sources (plan §6.1/§6.4 -- the test set is off limits, all of it):
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #                             EXEC=1; the default only reports what it would do.
 #   sanitised sessions        S1 session text, already sanitised through the
 #                             production contracts.py path before it lands in
-#                             /mnt-1/training/corpus-v1/ (never leaves the host).
+#                             /var/training/corpus-v1/ (never leaves the host).
 #   REx86 text                S4 entries (Zenodo 15420461, CC-BY-4.0; #847's
 #                             internal-split check must pass first).
 #   general-text portion      S6 CPT shards already pooled by generate_s6.py.
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
 # provenance, token estimate, and the decontamination report.
 #
 # Usage:
-#   ssh homeserver 'bash /mnt-1/training/round7_build_calib.sh'          # plan
-#   ssh homeserver 'EXEC=1 bash /mnt-1/training/round7_build_calib.sh'   # build
+#   ssh homeserver 'bash /var/training/round7_build_calib.sh'          # plan
+#   ssh homeserver 'EXEC=1 bash /var/training/round7_build_calib.sh'   # build
 set -euo pipefail
 
-CALIB=${CALIB:-/mnt-1/training/calib}
-CORPUS=${CORPUS:-/mnt-1/training/corpus-v1}
-REPO=${REPO:-/mnt-1/benchmarks/APIARY-round7}
+CALIB=${CALIB:-/var/training/calib}
+CORPUS=${CORPUS:-/var/training/corpus-v1}
+REPO=${REPO:-/var/benchmarks/APIARY-round7}
 EXEC=${EXEC:-0}
 MIN_TOKENS=${MIN_TOKENS:-2000000}
 MAX_TOKENS=${MAX_TOKENS:-10000000}

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # inside the exact provenance container ci_verify.sh documents
 # (debian:trixie-slim + the pinned cross toolchains), verified byte-for-byte
 # against the committed manifest, then copied out to a NEW directory. The
-# 14-case corpus at /mnt-1/benchmarks/corpus is left untouched.
-# Operational copy: /mnt-1/benchmarks/round7_build_corpus.sh
+# 14-case corpus at /var/benchmarks/corpus is left untouched.
+# Operational copy: /var/benchmarks/round7_build_corpus.sh
 set -euo pipefail
-REPO=${REPO:-/mnt-1/benchmarks/APIARY-round7}
-OUT=${OUT:-/mnt-1/benchmarks/corpus-round7}
+REPO=${REPO:-/var/benchmarks/APIARY-round7}
+OUT=${OUT:-/var/benchmarks/corpus-round7}
 NAME=corpus-round7-build
 docker rm -f "$NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 # no --rm: the built corpus is copied out of the stopped container afterwards,

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # round7_cache.sh -- regenerate the Tier B (Ghidra decompilation) cache for the
 # round-7 pin's 17-case corpus, into its OWN directory. The 14-case cache at
-# /mnt-1/benchmarks/tierb-cache stays for the a99e765 clone.
+# /var/benchmarks/tierb-cache stays for the a99e765 clone.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/round7_cache.sh.
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/round7_cache.sh.
 #
 # GHIDRA_VERSION must be exported by hand because the headless service
 # publishes no version of its own (#2983); the line printed first is the
 # container's own application.properties so the two can be compared.
 set -euo pipefail
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 REPO=${REPO:-$BASE/APIARY-round7}
 CORPUS=${CORPUS:-$BASE/corpus-round7}
 CACHE=${CACHE:-$BASE/tierb-cache-round7}

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # pin -- 17 cases / 79, injection gate v3, pooled-claims-ready transcripts --
 # cold slot, live workers stopped, N=2 with automatic 3/5 escalation.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/round7_coldrun.sh.
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/round7_coldrun.sh.
 #
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Why this replaced coldrun.sh's a99e765 re-run (operator decision 2026-09-06)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #     fails without it, and sweep_extra would still write MODEL_DONE (#2971)
 #   - no other sweep holds the card
 set -u
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 PIN=${PIN:-32dbdeb1}
 REPO=${REPO:-$BASE/APIARY-round7}
 OUT=${OUT:-$BASE/round7}

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # round7_launch.sh -- start the round-7 cold baseline detached, with the VRAM
 # sampler beside it, after the smoke test has proved the leg scores.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/round7_launch.sh.
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/round7_launch.sh.
 #
 # Refuses to launch unless round7_smoke.sh has left a Tier B result on this
 # pin: a Tier-B-only failure is the exact 2026-09-04 defect (#2971), and the
 # sweep would still write MODEL_DONE over the hole.
 set -u
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 SMOKE=${SMOKE:-$BASE/smoke-round7/tierB_smoke.json}
 [ -s "$SMOKE" ] || { echo "ABORT: no Tier B smoke result at $SMOKE -- run round7_smoke.sh first"; exit 1; }
 python3 - "$SMOKE" <<'PY' || exit 1

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # prep_round7_clone.sh -- pinned checkout for round 7 (epic #3079): a SECOND
 # clone, detached at the round-7 pin. The a99e765 clone stays untouched -- its
 # untracked transcripts are the phase-1/2 evidence and resume_phases.sh guards
-# that HEAD. Operational copy: /mnt-1/benchmarks/round7_prep_pin.sh
+# that HEAD. Operational copy: /var/benchmarks/round7_prep_pin.sh
 set -euo pipefail
 PIN=${PIN:-32dbdeb1face8c8e4791d31a8f4fbbe321e4f6fa}
-DST=${DST:-/mnt-1/benchmarks/APIARY-round7}
-OLD=${OLD:-/mnt-1/benchmarks/APIARY}
+DST=${DST:-/var/benchmarks/APIARY-round7}
+OLD=${OLD:-/var/benchmarks/APIARY}
 url=$(git -C "$OLD" remote get-url origin)
 if [ -d "$DST/.git" ]; then
   echo "clone exists: $DST"

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 #   3. round7_cache.sh         17-case Tier B (Ghidra) cache in its own directory
 # Then run round7_smoke.sh, read its two lines, and only then round7_launch.sh.
 #
-# Operational copy lives at /mnt-1/benchmarks/round7_prepare.sh.
+# Operational copy lives at /var/benchmarks/round7_prepare.sh.
 set -euo pipefail
-BASE=${BASE:-/mnt-1/benchmarks}
+BASE=${BASE:-/var/benchmarks}
 log() { echo "$(date -u +%FT%TZ) $*"; }
 log "step 1/3 pin"
 bash "$BASE/round7_prep_pin.sh"