Re: How to convert /tmp to memfs after install

From: Bob Bailin (72027.3605_at_compuserve.com)
Date: 10/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:24:15 GMT

"Steve M. Fabac, Jr." <smfabac@att.net> wrote in message news:4353316A.84F6D02@att.net...
>I am installing Openserver 6.0 for the first time on my test system
> and blew through the file system configuration during installation
> so that /tmp is on the root file system.
>
> I have searched the documentation without finding a solution on
> how to set up /etc/vfstab to create and mount /tmp as memfs
>
> How do I do that without resorting to a re-installation?

Agreed.

man mount_memfs
is not much help. It implies that you should be able to issue:

mount -F memfs /tmp

in order to create a memory filesystem that replaces the
contents of /tmp, using the maximum value from the memory
pool, but all you get is:

UX:mount: ERROR: cannot determine special device

(no special device is required, because it's a memfs!)

Bob

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