Can I simply ignore aufs-util in small systems?

2012-06-16 Thread Guan Xin
Hello, I am running a small system from memory. The only mount command involves aufs is: mount -t aufs -o br:/root/tmpfs:/ aufs /root/new_root where / is the initrd in squashfs. Can there be any damage if I don't install aufs-util at all? Because saving every little bit of memory is very

Re: Can I simply ignore aufs-util in small systems?

2012-06-16 Thread sfjro
Hello Guan, Guan Xin: Can there be any damage if I don't install aufs-util at all? Because saving every little bit of memory is very helpful. Aufs-util is essentially necessary in every system where aufs is used. The most important things are /sbin/mount.aufs and /sbin/umount.aufs which

Re: Can I simply ignore aufs-util in small systems?

2012-06-16 Thread Michael S. Zick
On Sat June 16 2012, sf...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Hello Guan, Guan Xin: Can there be any damage if I don't install aufs-util at all? Because saving every little bit of memory is very helpful. Specify: noplink in the mount command and you will still have limited usability with