> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of kellyremo
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 14:47
> To: FreeBSD
> Subject: putting "/tmp" to memory
> Importance: High
>
>
> "to memory" means: mounting a ~2 GByte filesystem [ tmpfs?, or ramfs?
> ], and put the "/tmp" on it. [ e.g.: 4 GByte ram in the pc ]. what to
> write in the "/etc/fstab"?
>
>  I would like to collect the [ answers too:P ]:
>
>  Advantages:
>  - Memory is way faster then HDD/SSD, so it could speed things up
>  - "SSD amortization" is less
>
>  Disadvantages:
>  - Security? [ how to set this up to be secure? any clear howtos/links
> regarding it? :O ]
>
>  Really thank you for any good help...
>

In rc.conf:

tmpmfs="YES"
tmpsize="2G"
tmpmfs_flags="-S"

That'll do it :)

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