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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to mount /var to RAM as tmpfs
From: Song Zhiwei <songzw@gmail.com>
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2009/8/21 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>:
> On 08/21/2009 08:20 AM, Song Zhiwei wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to install gentoo to an embedded system and I'd like to moun=
t
>> /var to RAM as tmpfs. How can I do it? I tried to add mount command into
>> the file /etc/conf.d/rc-extra, but it didnot work.
>
> Mount points are specified in /etc/fstab. =A0I mount my /var/tmp/portage =
there
> with:
>
> =A0none =A0/var/tmp/portage =A0tmpfs =A0defaults =A00 0
>
> You can look-up the tmpfs mount options to specify the amount of RAM.
> Default is half the RAM in the system.
>
> With that being said, your system will break horribly if you mount /var a=
s a
> tmpfs. =A0/var is supposed to survive reboots.

This is the question. How to mount /var as a tmpfs and the system will
not break?


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