120905 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:42:56 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> What is the best line for /etc/fstab ? The only example I have is : >> 'tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0' >> This doesn't seem to limit the size in any way. > 'man mount' explains it all ...
Well, it outlines it (smile). > ... but the option you want is size, which defaults to 50 % . That looks ok : I assume that's the maximum, ie it doesn't take up that much memory unless it's needed. > I use 80 % , which is what gives the somewhat odd size of 13 GB . > tmpfs will use swap if there is not enough memory. Thanks for the advice + others' comments. BTW the problem of System Rescue stalling while trying to install itself is avoided by adding the boot option 'skipmount=/dev/sda3' (or as needed). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
