I was thinking that putting /tmp on a vdisk like we do with swap would be better than lvm or a separate minidisk. What are the advantages of having /tmp on real dasd?
/Tom Kern --- "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I build all my systems with /tmp separate from /. That goes for Linux/390 > and Intel Linux. SLES9 will handle it nicely. > > I'm beginning to have doubts about LVM (version 1 at least) on 64-bit > systems. I've had two cases where my volume groups have disappeared after an > IPL, and hence all my logical volumes. Emails to the linux-lvm mailing list > have gone unanswered. I don't know if it's because I'm running Linux/390, > LVM 1 or what. Having said that, if you're going to use LVM, using it for > /tmp is certainly the safest. According to the FHS, the contents of /tmp are > not guaranteed across a reboot anyway. > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Uriel > Carrasquilla > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:10 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: /tmp as a logical volume > > > > > > > We have /tmp as part of the / (root) file system in one 3390 volume (m9). > I was wondering what reaction I would get from this list if I was to create > a logical-volume (lvtmp), part of an existing volume-group (vgsys01) and > mount it as /tmp. > Would SuSE SLES-9 be ok with it? > what are my risks if under LVM? > would I be able to IPL if the LVM gets damaged and I just change my > /etc/fstab to remove the reference to /tmp? > any suggestions, comments and ideas are welcome. > > Regards, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > NCCI > Boca Raton, Florida > 561.893.2415 > greetings / avec mes meilleures salutations / Cordialmente > mit freundlichen Gr|_en / Med vdnlig hdlsning > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for > the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This > message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and > as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message > is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it > to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have > received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by e-mail, and delete the original message. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
