On Thursday 02 January 2003 16:13, Christian Axelsson wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 23:46:09 +1000
> Mark Constable <markc@renta.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>   > Any 2.4 kernel can have...
>   >
>   > tmpfs           /dev/shm        tmpfs   size=128m               0 0
>
> </snip>
>
> Is it possible to have a larger tmpfs? If yes, what is the maxsize?
>
> The rest looks like a good start, I'll see what magic I can do with it :)

Yes, the maximum is <amount of swap + amount of real memory - (amount of 
memory you want to keep + amount of kernel memory)> There is no problem in 
setting it higher though until it is actually used. The default is actually 
an unlimited size.

Paul

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