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120905 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:42:56 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> What is the best line for /etc/fstab ? The only example I have is : |
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>> 'tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0' |
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>> This doesn't seem to limit the size in any way. |
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> 'man mount' explains it all ... |
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Well, it outlines it (smile). |
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> ... but the option you want is size, which defaults to 50 % . |
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That looks ok : I assume that's the maximum, |
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ie it doesn't take up that much memory unless it's needed. |
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> I use 80 % , which is what gives the somewhat odd size of 13 GB . |
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> tmpfs will use swap if there is not enough memory. |
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Thanks for the advice + others' comments. |
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BTW the problem of System Rescue stalling while trying to install itself |
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is avoided by adding the boot option 'skipmount=/dev/sda3' (or as needed). |
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