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Dynamic or static partitions

There are two forms of disk directives, those that dynamically create disk partitions each time at boot time, and those that create permanent locally deployed portions of the master image.

The DISKMOUNT and DISKSWAP directives cause disk partitions of swap space or ext2 filesystems to be created at every boot time. These directives are best used for creating filesystems for temporary storage, such as /tmp.

Note: Any local disk partitions not deployed as part of the root filesystem that need to retain data across a reboot should be handled normally (ie: with /etc/fstab).


root 2005-06-19