On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:30:27PM +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > - need shared memory? use /dev/shm > - need to put info somewhere that doesn't have to be kept between > boots? /var/run > - same but need it before /var is mounted? /run If it's needed only at boot time before /var is mounted, why not using something under /boot, /boot/state for example (/me ducks and hides), and then move/copy/link things the proper way after /var has come up? > - same but need it even when / is read-only ? /run, setup by the > sysadmin to be on a tmpfs Although / could be read-only, /var is not: for normal (i.e. not early) system usage, /var should be used and /run becomes unnecessary. Bye, Enrico -- GPG key: 1024D/797EBFAB 2000-12-05 Enrico Zini <enrico@debian.org>
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