On 01/23/2011 02:47 PM, kellyremo wrote:
>
> "to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and
> put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the
> "/etc/fstab"?
>
> I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]:
>
> Advantages:
> - Memory
Tim:
>> If you burn DVDs, you need to be able to set the software to use
>> somewhere other than /tmp to create its temporary files. Else,
>> you're going to need at least 5 gigs of spare RAM for your
>> tmpfs /tmp, to hold an entire DVD ISO.
Bruno Wolff III:
> tmpfs can use swap space when neede
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 02:24:59 +1030,
Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 05:47 -0800, kellyremo wrote:
> > Disadvantages:
>
> If you burn DVDs, you need to be able to set the software to use
> somewhere other than /tmp to create its temporary files. Else, you're
> going to need at least 5
On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 05:47 -0800, kellyremo wrote:
> Disadvantages:
If you burn DVDs, you need to be able to set the software to use
somewhere other than /tmp to create its temporary files. Else, you're
going to need at least 5 gigs of spare RAM for your tmpfs /tmp, to hold
an entire DVD ISO.
On 1/23/11, kellyremo wrote:
>
> "to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and
> put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the
> "/etc/fstab"?
This works for me:
tmpfs /tmptmpfs defaults0
"to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs? ], and
put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to write in the
"/etc/fstab"?
I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]:
Advantages:
- Memory is way faster then HDD/SSD, so it could speed things u
