On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 01:57:47PM -0800, Jake Conk wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to put my /tmp partition in RAM and I got the following example
> from the fstab's man page:
>
> swap /tmp mfs rw,nodev,nosuid,-s=153600 0 0
>
> The problem is that I don't want to have any swap in RAM, only my /tmp
> partition so I'm wondering if I simply remove the "swap" entry from
> that line if that would work?
No, that first entry has to be there. But it does not mean what you
think it means, it has nothing to do with swap in (to?) RAM. Read
mount_mfs(8) for details.
-Otto
>
> Sorry for asking here before trying it but I only have remote access
> to the server so if I take off that swap entry from the line and it
> doesn't work then I have no way of accessing my server so I just want
> to make sure that I can do this and when I reboot my system everything
> will come up just fine.
>
> Thanks,
> - Jake
