Can "/etc" be mounted in a separate FS ...

[R.O.]

...outside of "/" ??? I do not know whether it is possible because of the start scripts.

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[Warren_9 · Accepted solution]

hi,

i don't think /etc could outside 'root' coz as you said the file in /etc is require during system startup.

also.... the /etc shouldn't over 30MB normally.

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[Ninad_1]

No.
etc cannot be a seperate filesystem as far as I know - the constraint being - as you have mentioned yourself - the startup and all configuration files are in etc and how will your system start if the etc is not mounted and the script which mounts filesystems itself is in /etc.

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Ninad

[Chan 007]

Hi,

/etc/fstab is the one which mounts all the filesystems, so /etc can't be a FS

Hope this helps

Chan

[Stephen Keane]

However, if you had a directory under /etc which was large AND which wasn't used by the startup-scripts you could move it to another filesystem. Though why you'd have a large directory under /etc that wasn't used by the startup scripts ...

[R.O.]

Ok, Thank you all !!
Regards,