On Tuesday, 10 January 2017 18:40:34 UTC+11, Alex  wrote:
> On 01/10/2017 12:20 AM, Drew White wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I want to increase the size of the tmpfs for the system, but I am
> > unsure of how that would be done in Qubes so that it sticks.
> > 
> > I altered the FSTAB but it didn't keep the settings after reboot.
> > 
> > It's a standalone guest, it should be persistent.
> > 
> > What do I do please?
> > 
> Hi Drew;
> that's another one of the wonderfully undocumented effects of systemd.
> 
> Long story short: edit
> /usr/lib/systemd/system/tmp.mount.d/30_qubes.conf, and set size=$manyG
> 
> Long story: systemd performs mounts with .mount unit files; by default,
> if no "Options=" setting is specified, the parameters are read from
> /etc/fstab like an old school distro.
> 
> But, if "Options=" is specified, those options are merged with the ones
> in /etc/fstab. In the case of Qubes, these options are further
> customized in the $name.mount.d/ directory; since those options do
> specify the tmpfs size, this setting overrides the one set in /etc/fstab.
> 
> -- 
> Alex

Thanks a lot.
Just makes me want to get rid of SystemD even more now.


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