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Title: /tmp On /dev/shm
Post by: daniel3000 on January 23, 2007, 05:18:23 pm

Hello,

by default, /tmp is linked to /dev/shm/tmp.
On the C3x00, is it safe to re-link /tmp to some place on the microdrive, or does this any harm to the setup?

I guess this could free up some RAM and make available space in /tmp larger.

thanks
daniel

Title: /tmp On /dev/shm
Post by: Drake01 on January 23, 2007, 06:32:12 pm

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by default, /tmp is linked to /dev/shm/tmp.
On the C3x00, is it safe to re-link /tmp to some place on the microdrive, or does this any harm to the setup?
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I recently re-linked /tmp because I needed more space.  However, I re-linked to a directory on an SD card.  The only ill effect I experienced was when I tried to start X and the SD card wasn't mounted.  (X puts a couple files in /tmp, apparently.)  Since you'd be linking to your microdrive, you should be immune to this.

/tmp is a RAM device, right?  So I guess it would be a space vs. performance issue.  You would have to decide which is more valuable.  After I no longer required the additional space in /tmp, I switched back to the original configuration.

Title: /tmp On /dev/shm
Post by: kkazakov13 on January 24, 2007, 12:51:50 am

I have /tmp on microdrive since few months, have no problems.

Title: /tmp On /dev/shm
Post by: daniel3000 on January 24, 2007, 08:22:23 am

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I recently re-linked /tmp because I needed more space.  However, I re-linked to a directory on an SD card.  The only ill effect I experienced was when I tried to start X and the SD card wasn't mounted.  (X puts a couple files in /tmp, apparently.)  Since you'd be linking to your microdrive, you should be immune to this.

thanks. Will tr it.

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/tmp is a RAM device, right?  So I guess it would be a space vs. performance issue.

I'm not sure if it is in flash or RAM.
/dev/shm: shm means "shared memory". This sound more like RAM, so performance would be great but RAM is small on the Zaurus, so I'd rather have it on MD.


daniel

Title: /tmp On /dev/shm
Post by: daniel3000 on January 24, 2007, 08:22:48 am

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I have /tmp on microdrive since few months, have no problems.
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Thank you. So I will do so, too.

daniel