Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?

From: David Wolfskill <david_at_catwhisker.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:13:33 -0700
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:07:01PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
> ...
> Aren't MDMFS backed filesystems of static size? And haven't they to be
> created first before they can be used? Using TMPFS seems toi be a more
> convenient way to me - dynamical (?), using a fstab entry for convenience.

One may create a swap-backed mfs; this is what I used to do for /tmp
before I started using tmpfs.

(See the "tmpmfs" line (and related lines) in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.)

>...

Peace,
david
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