[colug-432] How to Make /var Persist

[Scott Merrill]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:51 PM,  <jep200404 at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:40:07 -0500, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:
>> That would be Bad. Everything in the system assumes that /var persists
>> across reboots ...
>
> Nuts. How about saving a copy (such as a tarball) of /var to flash
> when shutting down, and restoring when booting? Definitely icky.

Terribly, terribly icky. Not to mention fragile.

> How would you solve Rob's Sheevaplug problem?

I have a Pogoplug booting off a USB flash drive. I disabled all
unnecessary services to minimize writes. For this device, I consider
syslog to be an unnecessary service. :)