-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10-08-2011 21:56, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 03:57:30PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: >> Sorry, I should have been more clear here. Mounting /var doesn't >> fill up the root partition, but if you don't want to use the >> initramfs, this means that /var must also exist on the root >> partition, which can create more of a concern for filling the root >> partition than putting /usr on the root partition creates. > That's a problem for the users, not the initramfs. The initramfs > supports /usr, /var and anything else as noted. Having /var on / is > a perfectly valid choice for certain situations. The problem of > filling up / is PEBKAC primarily, and can happen equally for / (think > /root), /usr on /, /var on /.
True, but it's also far more likely to happen when you have /usr and /var on / than otherwise. - -- Regards, Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOQxMdAAoJEC8ZTXQF1qEPBKoQAI5FBt/rDaFSWA5ln6tmDNOt HhLq54dirdaXWSdHUp6C+vmSNcAC/QPmPlB8RA/bwXQ2aRlO0m4Jc6XPS3NTdT0H TEgqBQ+3NtZ3mRyTHv+E2YtDanemZIQ5rrpl0QuvMfeODUOM3zNdTosV6/37tmo+ 9clXHGzauPqWKpUvXxHc9Ic7OSA9ROXy1vq8wvTzvQWsg2sz7ML6pU7yAE5niC78 FlFgZyG2aZ0S+oBt88aSEkDEwU6aDlgQbLwxT5rN61QtE8wvV5hx5h7k74iJwkaJ 89vUbcgtmdMNFVYcXpIprlqkYWKr68uBxqsdSy2z+uX6d6E90G8mQs8qF9cHryFY YuA9WSXn4rtElsTkdrdA9yEqEwGXSeiD9oohn8wHwcVYNKWYKVPiRzeCxyAVOSVy dUqCRh5ZvTVuyD7wvVY1rVihCRLdSSOTYkUknOWexPs/PqvWmwDlhsEH79vVZeL2 pxnO5umvLKn17FL/jOimS2djua1b83elX99nqjdfZLTqT/DCeZ699YOD2Hc1Dd0O AtYmDzbJSNnjKoFVU8SGX4NspsGdilBFKCa5Gj6MUXqHgjHcMK23HpBcl76jIgeX tqK+ooJYsd0p/hwCV3gJqaUQvtvU3r05qfU7Qjzg3PAif0Heu4wrjKG056UkUIFb t1HYMphiA6ITXnSLVl7o =EcGc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
