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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 mount |
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>> /var to RAM as tmpfs. How can I do it? I tried to add mount command into |
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>> 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 there |
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> 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 as a |
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> 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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