Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Ken Schneider wrote: >> Aaron Kulkis wrote: >>> Clayton wrote: >>>>> Problem solved: I filled the partition with /tmp on it, so nothing >>>>> could be parked there. I found out when I tried running the sax2 man >>>>> page which crashed but gave me the info I needed >>>> Interesting. I hadn't considered that a full /tmp partition would do >>>> it. I don't have it on a separate partition on any of the systems I >>>> run, so this never came up. I'll be tucking that bit of info away for >>>> future use. >>> >>> /tmp can fill up even if it's on the root partition...of course, >>> if that happens, then your root partition is full, too. >>> >>> Personally, I don't like ANY unnecessary file I/O on my root >>> partition, so /tmp always gets its own partition >> >> I/O is still I/O that has to be handled by the _disk_ not the >> _partition_, so it matters not if /tmp is on it's own partition unless >> it is also on a different disk. > > Really? > > So if the /tmp directory is corrupted, and it is on its > own partition (and therefore, a separate filesystem), > this corrupts the root filesystem how, exactly? >
You weren't talking about corruption but only disk I/O. Disk corruption is another matter. Disk I/O affects all partitions on the disk not just one. If the disk is writing to a /tmp partition it _is_ going to affect the / partition due to head movement etc. Ken -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
