Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Dec 2001 15:26:16 -0800 | From | J Sloan <> | Subject | Re: Is /dev/shm needed? |
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Adam Schrotenboer wrote:
> On Sunday 16 December 2001 17:30, Robert Love wrote: > > In other words, if you have memory to spare and the data ought to be > > cached, Linux probably will cache it anyhow. On the other hand, if you > > have lots of memory to spare, give it a try. Mount /tmp or all of /var > > in tmpfs. > > Unfortunately, some(many?) distros are b0rken in re /var/. There is stuff put > there that is needed across boots (for example, mandrake puts the DNS master > files in /var/named.)
It's not just mandrake, it's all linux and in fact that's where the named data wants to live -
Not only dns info, but things like mail spool, system logs, cron files -
And it's not just linux, it's pretty much a unix thing in general -
Are you really sure you want to blow away everyone's mail, all your dns records, cron jobs etc if the system powers down?
cu
jjs
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