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On Friday 21 August 2009 09:00:58 Song Zhiwei wrote: |
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> 2009/8/21 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>: |
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> > On 08/21/2009 08:20 AM, Song Zhiwei wrote: |
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> >> Hi all, |
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> >> I am trying to install gentoo to an embedded system and I'd like to |
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> >> mount /var to RAM as tmpfs. How can I do it? I tried to add mount |
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> >> command into the file /etc/conf.d/rc-extra, but it didnot work. |
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> > Mount points are specified in /etc/fstab. I mount my /var/tmp/portage |
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> > there with: |
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> > none /var/tmp/portage tmpfs defaults 0 0 |
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> > You can look-up the tmpfs mount options to specify the amount of RAM. |
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> > Default is half the RAM in the system. |
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> > With that being said, your system will break horribly if you mount /var |
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> > as a tmpfs. /var is supposed to survive reboots. |
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> This is the question. How to mount /var as a tmpfs and the system will |
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> not break? |
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You can't, simple as that. |
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The portage data base is there. You'd have to move it elsewhere along with the |
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cache. Details in the portage documentation. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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