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 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 > > :-) :-) > > -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw