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diff --git a/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt b/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt index 9766e21..799c1d7 100644 --- a/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt +++ b/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt @@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ live-initramfs will look for persistent and snapshot partitions or files labeled in order: mount as /cow the first, mount the second in /home, and just copy the contents of the latter in appropriate locations (snapshots). Snapshots will be tried to be updated on reboot/shutdown. Look at live-snapshot(1) for more -informations. If "nofiles" is specified too, only labels will be searched and no -filesystems will be mounted for searching file images or archives; this will -results in improved boot times. +informations. If "nofiles" is specified, only filesystems with matching labels +will be searched; no filesystems will be traversed looking for snapshot files. +This results in shorter boot times. {preseed/file|file}=**FILE**:: @@ -292,7 +292,14 @@ this file, any images in the "/live" directory are loaded in alphanumeric order. /etc/live-persistence.binds -This optional file, which resides in the rootfs system, not in the live media as above mentioned files, if exists will be used as a list of directories which not need to be persistent and which their content does not need to survive reboots. This is achieved by bind mounting for each directory listed there a tmpfs on the original path. This will permits to save precious writes and speed up operations for content like web caches and temporary files (like e.g. /tmp and .mozilla) which are regenerated each time. +This optional file (which resides in the rootfs system, not in the live media) +is used as a list of directories which not need be persistent: ie. their +content does not need to survive reboots when using the persistence features. + +This saves expensive writes and speeds up operations on volatile data such as +web caches and temporary files (like e.g. /tmp and .mozilla) which are +regenerated each time. This is achieved by bind mounting each listed directory +with a tmpfs on the original path. See also |