From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Dec 14 17:46:39 2000 From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 17:46:36 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from ebola.biohz.net (ebola.biohz.net [206.80.1.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4123A37B400 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:46:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from flu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ebola.biohz.net (Postfix) with SMTP id ADD973A3CC; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:46:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <006701c06638$dbdefe40$0402010a@biohz.net> From: "Renaud Waldura" To: , "Rich Morin" References: Subject: Re: /tmp and mfs(8)? Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:46:35 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To: 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