From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C8B13831B for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 22:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F6D621C04B; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 22:23:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f43.google.com (mail-bk0-f43.google.com [209.85.214.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B65C21C049 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 22:21:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f43.google.com with SMTP id jf20so7988226bkc.16 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:21:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=Zf/u7nAu8J5RGkL49QZOtLREk0DP8qTpY9LSJNQzQ2U=; b=ja0lg1a+wjsGG1BbYVMioPN/qP2rjBCeZ1ahCH7Yj7EDsOOLy1gwDkpdywZOTrthmr xE+bhEXwLc8aRnCjhZVIFE2vX3EPNZK3IZxie0cBAh7/FOTZReUvRyVMqDaso5DnctyN 5vdm2M+7dBERCPc6mGcqmp5tf8COhPviTdHWzaGr4LJBd6jE/X0nZIS85m2+d0DJtyRn tyR6LiBWTEovx+cK4UnJKibuPzGGDD1tl3hbXDKuquk4i5p/BhndowYoKDQhjjGiYCd/ gJ3RMgUvDNLpS15Tz7kGNSXSC0oMQ98BNghvPXFqPG/MgqH63d19eie9pTlVCr9GXmT/ SCIg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.146.1 with SMTP id f1mr29680523bkv.130.1357510883980; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:21:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.199.144 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 14:21:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 14:21:23 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to mount /tmp as tmpfs? From: Mark Knecht To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 4f350dca-a442-40ea-a0a4-88e8660c5c2d X-Archives-Hash: 9d1aa493e10963f1b61965700a76c30a On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Nikos Chantziaras 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