Re: mount_seed_tmpfs

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 5/9/09, der Mouse <mouse%rodents-montreal.org@localhost> wrote:
> >> For running read-only systems I know it's sometimes common to run
>  >> /var in a tmpfs/mfs and to seed the files/directories with a tar
>
> >> file at srtup.  I have never been a big fan of the tar file idea, so
>
> >> I wrote mount_seed_tmpfs which will populate a tmpfs filesystem from
>  >> the disk before taking over the mount point.
>
>
> Why not use a union tmpfs mount?

tmpfs doesn't seem to support union mounting.  I just tested and mfs does.