On 01/24/11 20:42, Alexander Hall wrote: > On 01/23/11 14:47, kellyremo wrote: >> "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... >> > > $ grep mfs /etc/fstab > swap /tmp mfs rw,nodev,nosuid,-s=524288 > > mount_mfs is your friend. Do read it.
I was obviously referring to the man page thereof, namely mount_mfs(8) alias newfs(8).
