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* Re: [gentoo-user] How to mount /tmp as tmpfs?
  @ 2013-01-06 22:21 99% ` Mark Knecht
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From: Mark Knecht @ 2013-01-06 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: Gentoo User

On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems that mounting /tmp as a tmpfs filesystem isn't just a matter of
> adding an fstab entry.  Sometimes, on bootup, I get error messages:
>
>   fusermount: error: /tmp/dsflkjslfjsdlsomegarbledname doesn't exist
>
> Or something like that (it scrolls by very fast and openrc doesn't seem to
> log anything.)
>
> Is there a safe way to mount /tmp early on?  It seems that mounting it
> through fstab is mounting it too late and files have already been created in
> it (which are then lost when mounting it.)
>
>

Interesting question.

Have you perused these older threads, or possibly others like it? It
looks a _lot_ more involved than just an fstab entry.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-371889-highlight-tmpfs.html

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=16450


HTH,
Mark


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