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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 03:47:18PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:49:38AM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> >> I am concerned about /var being included in this because of the |
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> >> potential of filling up the root partition. |
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> > Err, I don't follow. How does mounting /var fill up the root partition? |
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> If you take /var off its own partition and put it on /, then it will |
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> fill up / instead of /var. Filling up /var, not the end of the world. |
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> Filling up / is a bad thing. |
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That is clear, but entirely irrelevant to my question. I _explicitly_ |
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support /var on a partition, that's why my entire initramfs proposal |
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included it. |
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I want to know what William had _against_ the mounting /var in my |
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proposal, because that is what his statement implied. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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