Op Wednesday 06 February 2008 08:39:46 schreef Volker Armin Hemmann:
> On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Tonko Mulder wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm doing a new install and since I put /tmp on tmpfs I was wondering
> > if I could put /var on tmpfs as well.
>
> no.
>
> /var/lib
> and
> /var/db
>
> contains essential data.
>
> /var/log
>
> also contains data that should survive a reboot.
>
> You can put
> /var/tmp
> on tmpfs, but 'the spec' says, that stuff in /var/tmp should survive a
> reboot.
>
> So
> /var/tmp/portage
>
> that is save.

Oke, thanks. All needed to know :)