From: Francisco Ares <frares@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] - can /var be placed in a separate partition?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:03:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHH9eM7bJNJ1mhpZ5-iX+3pOYYW10Lp4XjZ=Zt5hGA6q+epiLA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E6D4A44.3050804@gmail.com>
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Thank you!
And I have found it as a partitioning example on the docs, with "/var" on
its own partition (
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap4
)
Francisco
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Francisco Ares wrote:
>
>> Hi, All
>>
>> Is it possible to have /var in a separate partition, mounted during boot?
>>
>> Or do the boot process need it to read/write to it?
>>
>> I have found that mounting local file systems is one of the very first
>> tasks on "rc boot".
>>
>> Thanks
>> Francisco
>>
>
> I think I saw it mentioned on -dev that some time shortly /usr and /var
> will be needed on / or you will need the init* thingy to boot. That's was
> my understanding of this mess. So, if you are about to do a install that
> needs /var on its own partition, I would ask a dev to see how you should
> plan. I could have misunderstood but I'm pretty sure it's coming. It may
> also depend on what you are going to be running too. I mention because no
> need doing it one way now and having to fix it later. That sucks!
>
> That said, I have /var on its own partition and mine boots fine, although I
> haven't rebooted in a week or so. I don't think the change has happened yet
> but is coming. I may have a different answer in a month or so. ;-)
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
>
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-11 23:16 [gentoo-user] [off-topic] - can /var be placed in a separate partition? Francisco Ares
2011-09-11 23:48 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-11 23:52 ` Francisco Ares
2011-09-11 23:53 ` Alex Schuster
2011-09-13 13:23 ` Daniel Troeder
2011-09-13 15:30 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-11 23:54 ` Dale
2011-09-12 0:03 ` Francisco Ares [this message]
2011-09-12 0:16 ` Dale
2011-09-12 0:28 ` Albert W. Hopkins
2011-09-12 1:07 ` Dale
2011-09-12 12:11 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-09-13 5:52 ` Mick
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