From: Jef Knoors ([email protected])
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 08:28:27 CEST
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From: Michele Andreoli <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: setting up a /tmp
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 02:29:36PM +0200, jef knoors nicely wrote:
> > It's nice to hear that, I also tought about a tar file containing
serveral
> > tempfiles:
> > 300kb, 600 kb, 1000kb and 2000kb so we can choose from that.
> > All kinds of combination of course are possible.
> > There must be enough inodes on the file, I recon you know about those
> > details .
> > Jef
> >
> > > Using this genial trick, I can remove libext2 from ROOT, moving
> > > it in highly compressed USR.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> An error of mine: checking the actual scenario, libext2 is in USR yet!
> I do not gain anything using the trick. The only scope is to setup TMP
> befor of loading USR. Now, first USR is loaded, then TMP is made.
>
I'm aware of that, but it will provide the user with the possibility to make
a /tmp with having to configure the USR section. (for low memory machines)
> But using the trick there is the possibility to eliminate completely
> this Setup/tmp: the boot process
>
> 1. check available RAM
> 2. create /tmp according an euristic rule, such "low, med, high"
>
> Michele
>
> --
> I'd like to conclude with a positive statement, but I can't
> remember any. Would two negative ones do? -- Woody Allen
>
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