RE: [SLUG] /tmp Partition

From: Short SrA Christopher (shortc@centcom.mil)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 23:04:29 EDT


Whoa... That's an interesting idea. Too bad I don't have RAM to spare.

Chris Short, SrA USAF
shortc@centcom.mil

-----Original Message-----
From: Dylan William Hardison [mailto:dylanwh@tampabay.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:24 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] /tmp Partition

On Monday, April 28, 2003 at 10:10PM -0400, Short SrA Christopher wrote:
> Follow on to Linux Partitioning:
>
> I've been getting some mixed signals about whether or not to actually
> put /tmp in a separate partition or not. When answering this question
> keep in mind that this is for a home desktop PC.
>
> I honestly think that /tmp being in its own partition would keep
> fragmentation down but it could have some negative side effects when
> /tmp files up. What do you folks think? What would be a safe size?
>

Well, I have heard of people making /tmp a 200MB RAM fs... That's really
nice when you're compiling things, like Xfree86.

If you've got the RAM to spare, I think it is a good idea.



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