Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 04:21:31 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> Cc: romero3000@romero3000.com Subject: Re: ramdisk?? Message-ID: <3EE5BF3B.705B2E36@mindspring.com> References: <23893.209.236.210.66.1055178986.squirrel@mail.romero3000.com> <20030609180452.GJ61917@pun.isi.edu>
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Ted Faber wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:16:26PM -0400, romero3000@romero3000.com wrote: > > (sorry about cross-posting this question. not sure which list is better) > > > > I want to to know how to create a ram file system for /var and /tmp so > > that i can boot from flash memory and mount those two file systems on > > ramfs. I've looked for howto's online but haven't found anything. any > > suggestions???? > > On CURRENT: > > man vnconfig > man vn > > I mount a swap backed fs (which I what I suspect you want) with: I don't think he wants swap backing; I'm going to be that his system will have no swap, in order to avoid write cycles using up his flash... he probably just wants a small amount of volatile storage for /var/run, /var/log, and /tmp, with everything else mounted read-only to avoid the access timestamp updates. -- Terry
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