On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:44:08AM +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Karl Goetz <k...@kgoetz.id.au> wrote: >> > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:32:42 +0100 >> > Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: >> > >> >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:38:03PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: >> > >> >> Following the discussion yesterday, I'd like to propose doing >> >> something like the example below. It's possible to size a tmpfs >> >> as a percentage of core memory, the default being -o size=50%. >> >> Rather than setting an absolute value, we can size e.g. /run >> >> as a percentage of total memory, which should scale with /run >> >> usage better than a fixed value. >> >> >> >> Proposal: >> > [...] >> >> /run/shm: No default (use general tmpfs default of 20%) >> >> /tmp: No default (use general tmpfs default of 20%) >> > >> > 20% doesn't seem like a lot for /tmp when people try and compile >> > something. While its not something most people end up doing, it does >> > seem odd to make people change their tempfs size before they can start >> > building packages for debian/themselves. >> > just a thought, >> >> And moreover for scientific computation /tmp need to be on an >> harddisk. I do not want my 16GiB matric to go to memory when I have >> only 8GiB of RAM.... >> >> Please do not put /tmp on tmpfs use a bind mount of a rw partition > > If it wasn't already clear, having /tmp as a tmpfs is a > /configurable option/, and it is /not/ the default (except when > root is read-only (ro) in fstab).
Could you bind mount /var/tmp under /tmp in this case ? Bastien that use is android phone sometime to solve math problem... > > > Regards, > Roger > > -- > .''`. Roger Leigh > : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ > `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ > `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2muxsACgkQVcFcaSW/uEjw7gCgkYgVs+3SvHhF+8Sgk4SboCQF > thgAn38DpDR+iJCv7YdlzTA1nBEfgb8G > =2T+k > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktinows0wv7zuhrfdpub6g_2qbu8...@mail.gmail.com