Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:46:35 -0800 From: "Renaud Waldura" <renaud@waldura.com> To: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org>, "Rich Morin" <rdm@cfcl.com> Subject: Re: /tmp and mfs(8)? Message-ID: <006701c06638$dbdefe40$0402010a@biohz.net> References: <p05001965b65ebd173c5c@[192.168.168.205]>
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The man page is right, it's just that the default install doesn't create it automagically. Edit /etc/fstab and insert: /dev/da0s1b /tmp mfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 ^^^ your swap device ^^^^^^^ not necessary Then reboot and you'll get an MFS mounted on /tmp. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> To: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:13 AM Subject: /tmp and mfs(8)? > The hier(7) man page says > > /tmp/ temporary files, usually a mfs(8) memory-based filesystem ... > > On my vanilla FreeBSD 4.1 system, doing "df /tmp" yields: > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/da0s1a 49583 27725 17892 61% / > > which seems to indicate that /tmp is still on /. Also, I see no > reference to mfs in my /etc/fstab file. > > So, I'm wondering if the man page is incorrect or what... > > -r > -- > -- > Rich Morin: rdm@cfcl.com, +1 650-873-7841, http://www.cfcl.com/rdm > Prime Time Freeware: info@ptf.com, +1 408-433-9662, http://www.ptf.com > MacPerl: http://www.macperl.com, http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MPPE > MkLinux: http://www.mklinux.org, http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MKLP > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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