Re: Ext2 bit rot

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>]

On 20120327_065717, Dom wrote:
> On 27/03/12 03:15, Paul E Condon wrote:
> >On 20120326_135131, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> >>On 3/26/2012 12:29 PM, Paul E Condon wrote:
> >>
> >>>So how do I turn off ramfs on a wheezy box where it was installed as
> >>>part of the initial net-inst install, and seems to be involved it
> >>>the proper functioning of the file system root ( / ) ???
> >>
> >>You don't "turn off" tmpfs as it's used by other system functions.  You
> >>simply want to mount /tmp on a different (real) filesystem.  As I
> >>mentioned above, try unmounting /tmp and then creating a /tmp with the
> >>permissions I mentioned above.  Then search for the answer to disabling
> >>the system level mount of /tmp on tmpfs.
> 
> This has been mentioned here quite recently.
> 
> Edit /etc/default/rcS.
> 
> At the end of the file you will find this entry:
> 
> # mount /tmp as a tmpfs
> RAMTMP=yes
> 
> Change the "yes" to "no".
> 
> Reboot.
> 
> This will only affect /tmp. There are other entries for the other
> ramfs filesystems, but they take very little memory and so can be as
> they are.
> 
> -- 
> Dom

Thanks. It works. I feel much better now.

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon@mesanetworks.net