On 8/11/06, Darryl Gregorash <raven@accesscomm.ca> wrote:
Perhaps I did not explain my intent well enough. Since /var contains files that will be written constantly more or less by having a system up and running (such as log files, pid files etc) I want it to reside on storage that is not rotating :-) In other words, I want it persistently stored and at the same time be able to spin down my hard drive. At least when the system is idling I know it should be possible. All the downloads are also stored on /var, when you do an update. Even if you do not keep the update rpms, you need sufficient space to download them before they're installed.
Good point. Thanks for all replies - I though 512 MB was a little too small so today I bought a cheap 1 GB flash stick and will install 10.1 with it for /var this weekend. It will be kind of an experiment. I will have to configure so that downloaded packages are stored / moved to hard drive storage. Regarding syslog, I think I can extend the life of the flash by configuring file sync parameters. Claes