Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 11:55:02AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> During my tests, I noticed that there was always a line in df,
> concerning /tmp in tmpfs. With RAMTMP=yes the line was labeled tmpfs,
> but with RAMTMP=no, the line was labeled 'overflow', or something else
> that I misremember as overflow. Now I surmise that tmpfs is being used
> during boot whatever the setting of RAMTMP, and is not being shut down
> correctly towards the end of the boot process after the loader is
> capable of reading /etc/defaults/rcS. Of course, it can't be as
> simple as that, and of course, I can't really understand, but that's
> the best I can come up with. There are reasons why I am not a DD.
Have a look at /etc/init.d/mountoverflowtmp.
Your root filesystem is full. This triggers the mounting of a
tmpfs on /tmp *irrespective* of the RAMTMP option, in order to
allow you to log in.
Solution: free up some space on your root filesystem, and all
will return to normal. Mounting a filesystem on /tmp would have
solved this specific problem by making more than a megabyte of
free space available, which would avoid triggering this condition.
Regards,
Roger
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