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From: Tonko Mulder <tonko.mulder@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] New install, /var on tmpfs
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:47:56
Message-Id: 200802060847.50748.tonko.mulder@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] New install, /var on tmpfs by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Op Wednesday 06 February 2008 08:39:46 schreef Volker Armin Hemmann:
2 > On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Tonko Mulder wrote:
3 > > Hello,
4 > >
5 > > I'm doing a new install and since I put /tmp on tmpfs I was wondering
6 > > if I could put /var on tmpfs as well.
7 >
8 > no.
9 >
10 > /var/lib
11 > and
12 > /var/db
13 >
14 > contains essential data.
15 >
16 > /var/log
17 >
18 > also contains data that should survive a reboot.
19 >
20 > You can put
21 > /var/tmp
22 > on tmpfs, but 'the spec' says, that stuff in /var/tmp should survive a
23 > reboot.
24 >
25 > So
26 > /var/tmp/portage
27 >
28 > that is save.
29
30 Oke, thanks. All needed to know :)

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