Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:37:48 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@get-linux.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfs Message-ID: <20030813183748.GF38111@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030813183253.GB3027@webserver> References: <200308131758.h7DHwTXq008184@nebula.whywire.net> <20030813183253.GB3027@webserver>
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:32:53AM -0700, Joshua Oreman wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:58:29PM -0000 or thereabouts, mbaki@whywire.ne=
t wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >=20
> > I'm trying to setup /var on a mermory file system on Freebsd 5.1, any g=
ood documents that will=20
> > help me, it's my first time.
>=20
> Don't set up /var on MFS, it holds stuff that has to be preserved across =
reboots.
> To set up /tmp on a MFS (for this one boot), do like so:
> # mv /tmp /tmp.old
> # mkdir /tmp
Don't forget to add the sticky bit here:
# chmod 1777 /tmp
> # MD=3D`mdconfig -a -t swap -s XXXm` # replace XXXm with size
> # newfs /dev/$MD
> # mount /dev/$MD /tmp
> # unset MD
>=20
> It will disappear when the system goes down.
To have it reappear on boot, add the following to your /etc/fstab:
md /tmp mfs rw,nosuid,async,noatime,nosymfollow,nodev,-s=3D524288=
0 0
You may want to change the options and size.
Ceri
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