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export QEMU_TMPDIR=3D/dev/shm

qemu [any useful custom flags here] -m 192=20
[or something closer to the 256MB you have available on /dev/shm; I
just like standard RAM sizes better...]

--=20
"I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not
have C++ in mind"-Alan Kay


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:16:48 -0500, Marc Collin <os2@videotron.ca> wrote:
> hi
>=20
>  i use suse 9.2, qemu 0.62 and kqemu.
>=20
>  in the documentation of kqemu we can read
>=20
>  "When using KQEMU, QEMU will create a big hidden file containing the RAM=
 of
> the virtual machine. For best performance, it is important that this file=
 is
> kept in RAM and not on the hard disk. QEMU uses the `/dev/shm' directory =
to
> create this file because tmpfs is usually mounted on it (check with the s=
hell
> command df). Otherwise `/tmp' is used as fallback. You can use the
> QEMU_TMPDIR shell variable to set a new directory for the QEMU RAM file."
>=20
>  linux:/home/collinm/Documents/qemu/qemu # df
>  Sys. de fich.        1K-blocs       Occup=E9 Disponible Capacit=E9 Mont=
=E9 sur
>  /dev/sda5             12586488    141504  12444984   2% /
>  tmpfs                   253944      6484    247460   3% /dev/shm
>  /dev/sda1                31077      5854     23619  20% /boot
>  /dev/sdc5             35542652   4087660  31454992  12% /home
>  /dev/sdb6              8393656    452956   7940700   6% /opt
>  /dev/sda7              2007996     33468   1974528   2% /tmp
>  /dev/sdb5             26217176   1985736  24231440   8% /usr
>  /dev/sda6              3148568    472076   2676492  15% /var
>=20
>  how to keep this file in ram?
>=20
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