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

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am 23.02.2013 16:44, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
> 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.
>
>
>
>
I am so tired. Really, I am.