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 /.
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