From: J Sloan <jjs@pobox.com>
To: Adam Schrotenboer <adam@tabris.net>, Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Is /dev/shm needed?
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 15:26:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C1D2D98.26775300@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16FjME-0000WW-00@DervishD.viadomus.com> <1008541849.11242.2.camel@phantasy> <20011216231358.99830FB80D@tabris.net>
Adam Schrotenboer wrote:
> On Sunday 16 December 2001 17:30, Robert Love wrote:
> > In other words, if you have memory to spare and the data ought to be
> > cached, Linux probably will cache it anyhow. On the other hand, if you
> > have lots of memory to spare, give it a try. Mount /tmp or all of /var
> > in tmpfs.
>
> Unfortunately, some(many?) distros are b0rken in re /var/. There is stuff put
> there that is needed across boots (for example, mandrake puts the DNS master
> files in /var/named.)
It's not just mandrake, it's all linux and in
fact that's where the named data wants to
live -
Not only dns info, but things like mail spool,
system logs, cron files -
And it's not just linux, it's pretty much a unix
thing in general -
Are you really sure you want to blow away
everyone's mail, all your dns records, cron
jobs etc if the system powers down?
cu
jjs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-16 23:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-16 22:02 Is /dev/shm needed? RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-16 22:30 ` Robert Love
2001-12-16 23:13 ` Adam Schrotenboer
2001-12-16 23:26 ` J Sloan [this message]
2001-12-16 23:27 ` Alexander Viro
2001-12-17 9:03 ` Jurgen Botz
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2001-12-16 23:15 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-16 23:12 ` Robert Love
2001-12-16 23:31 ` Pierfrancesco Caci
2001-12-17 8:36 ` ncw
2001-12-17 8:19 ` Christoph Rohland
2001-12-16 23:36 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-16 23:37 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-16 23:47 ` Adam Schrotenboer
2001-12-16 23:56 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-12-17 0:17 ` Adam Schrotenboer
2001-12-17 2:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-17 15:50 ` Luigi Genoni
2001-12-17 4:14 Jason Rivard
2001-12-17 8:41 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-17 8:34 ` Christoph Rohland
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