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On 2014-07-03 16:07, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 12:55 +0200, John Hay wrote:
>>
>> Last time I looked the rc scripts that create /etc, /var and /tmp
>> ramdisks only did it using md devices. It would be great if it was
>> easily tunable from say rc.conf or if could detect which one is
>> available and use that.
>>
>
> I have patches ready to commit that do exactly that, but they weren't
> exactly enthusiastically received when I posted them on arch@ for
> review.
>

IMHO: such rc.conf config option would be highly useful

/Uffe