From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262128AbULaSB6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:01:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262129AbULaSB6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:01:58 -0500 Received: from dialin-163-34.tor.primus.ca ([216.254.163.34]:11648 "EHLO node1.opengeometry.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262128AbULaSB4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:01:56 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:01:51 -0500 From: William Park To: Simon Burke Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /tmp as ramdisk Message-ID: <20041231180151.GA2975@node1.opengeometry.net> Mail-Followup-To: Simon Burke , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <2d7d2dd20412310941724cc1cb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2d7d2dd20412310941724cc1cb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:41:43PM +0000, Simon Burke wrote: > Stupid question really. > > On my servers I'd like to mount /tmp as a ramdisk, for several > reasons. How would i go about this with linux? Is it as simple as > putting it in the /etc/fstab? where do i define the size of such a > disk? mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp -- William Park Open Geometry Consulting, Toronto, Canada Linux solution for data processing.