Re: [gentoo-user] No space left on device ?

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 23/02/2013 16:24, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am 23.02.2013 15:16, schrieb Joseph:
>> On 02/23/13 08:52, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:21:02 -0700, Joseph wrote:
>>>
>>>> Got it. I change it to:
>>>> tmpfs         /var/tmp/portage     devtmpfs
>>>> size=1512M,nr_inodes=1M 0 0
>>>
>>> Why are you using devtmpfs? You should be using tmpfs for this, which
>>> defaults to half your available RAM. devtmpfs is a special option
>>> for early-boot /dev only.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Neil Bothwick
>>
>> I was following the instruction from recent "udev" upgrade: Upgrading
>> udev from 171 (or older) to 197
>>
>> ----copy--------
>> - The need of CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y in the kernel; need to verify the
>> fstype for
>>   possible /dev line in /etc/fstab is devtmpfs (and not, for example,
>> tmpfs)
>> ---end coopy----
>>
>> So I change both lines in fstab:
>> shm             /dev/shm     devtmpfs    nodev,nosuid,noexec  0 0
>> tmpfs         /var/tmp/portage     devtmpfs   
>> size=2048M,nr_inodes=1M  0 0
>>
> 
> and the part quoted talked about DEV nothing else.
> 


I have to say this:

The number of people who completely and totally misread the simple
instructions about upgrading udev is spectacular.

The guides say clearly and unambiguously to modify the mount options for
/dev

And what did so many users at once go and do? Changed every line in
fstab that had the three characters d-e-v in them as well.

I dunno, sometimes I want to give up.




-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com