Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:26:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:26:08 -0500 Received: from 217-126-161-163.uc.nombres.ttd.es ([217.126.161.163]:60544 "EHLO DervishD.viadomus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 18:25:53 -0500 To: adam@tabris.net, raul@viadomus.com, rml@tech9.net Subject: Re: Is /dev/shm needed? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:37:34 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=FA=F1ez?= de Arenas Coronado Reply-To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=FA=F1ez?= de Arenas Coronado X-Mailer: DervishD TWiSTiNG Mailer Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Adam :)) >> 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.) Moreover, didn't the LHS say that /var/tmp is supposed to be maintained across reboots? I'm not sure about this, but anyway /var is supposed to hold temporary data, not boot-throwable data, isn't it? Ra?l - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/