Re: /tmp as tmpfs and consequence for imaging software

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez <clopez@igalia.com> writes:

> On 16/11/11 11:37, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Assuming you have increased your SWAP by the size of the tmpfs to
>> compensate for /tmp now using RAM+SWAP you can only ever get that effect
>> in cases where the OOMKiller would have already been triggered with /tmp
>> on disk.
>
> We are talking about the defaults... would the installer by default
> increase the swap by the same size of the tmpfs?

I would hope so.

The installer could even have a different partitioning templates for
small tmpfs (no swap), large tmpfs (large swap) or real filesystem. 

MfG
        Goswin