From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 23 00:35:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1451065670 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:35:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A598FC0C for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by weyx56 with SMTP id x56so916086wey.13 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:35:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=RtO/H0LkJfupXhYoETbuYiJ7wfarAahleOricfrVbGE=; b=ZwXdqBp3gZklcBBXn9MgaP4x97N95NsknaNYQnX/BA2m0O8JH6EzvsabdiyPf6/Csf 0d7CRqEiFa/uZCRE2qrAXmedzCKjj7ApxWyH4Yvc786hDbuRhH8OAOkqmDIkO4qIdIQ5 9MS2pSdxR6jz53ojwM7VNODbrzBcIaE9kjj7ZMyphkLihsSJ6CSizh+p/j7HNUjUXXx1 XxGu9ek7nmQCOo++WCWDS2gcclNTgoW002jWQS8+52M3S34jbvKg0qhs47B2Za+7D9kx jIUxkWC7wofwxHS1XH8df5C68bHxJugAucvrMD/1UAg4F+yBadp1rhkK/mGHMiZGCsIc hMVg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.97.33 with SMTP id dx1mr10039278wib.18.1345682130111; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:35:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.160.9 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:35:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120822232907.34fc82fc@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <201208221934.q7MJYfwM063804@mail.r-bonomi.com> <1345664911.2501.8.camel@z6000.lenzicasa> <20120822232112.07ac3517@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120822232907.34fc82fc@gumby.homeunix.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:35:29 -0700 Message-ID: From: Michael Sierchio To: RW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmV8nBgaFDE3+9ojaB69LHju6Z1m/kd0nU/g8vLH2qqu31YOAQr09YRfi8e9mz2b9VkO+65 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp filesystem full X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:35:32 -0000 On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:29 PM, RW wrote: > Sorry I misread the previous post which *was* referring to an md device, > but the rest is right. Not really. ;-) The one compelling reason to use an md filesystem for /tmp or /var is when you have no swap, and/or your root fs is read only (or read mostly), as with embedded computers, Soekris boxes booting from CF, USB stick, or even mSATA (I wouldn't swap on a partition on an MLC mSATA device). In that case, you most certainly want to reserve the space for the filesystem at creation time. Usually /tmp -> /var/tmp is that case. - M