Comments on: [TIP] Ubuntu 1 MB /tmp Partition Problem http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/02/10/tip-ubuntu-1-mb-tmp-partition-problem.html Shantanu's Gadgets, Gizmos, Hacks, Tips, Tricks, Technology...and your kitchen sink Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:29:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Shantanu Goel http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/02/10/tip-ubuntu-1-mb-tmp-partition-problem.html#comment-9627 Shantanu Goel Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:54:00 +0000 http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/02/10/tip-ubuntu-1-mb-tmp-partition-problem.html#comment-9627 @Rob: That is indeed a good suggestion. @Gordon: You are correct. But there are many applications that actually need the space in /tmp and not just the final location. One example is as given by rob in a "copy through" install. @Rob: That is indeed a good suggestion.

@Gordon: You are correct. But there are many applications that actually need the space in /tmp and not just the final location. One example is as given by rob in a “copy through” install.

]]> By: Gordon Haverland http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/02/10/tip-ubuntu-1-mb-tmp-partition-problem.html#comment-9615 Gordon Haverland Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:48:25 +0000 http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/02/10/tip-ubuntu-1-mb-tmp-partition-problem.html#comment-9615 Many applications which are not written properly, will generate errors about not enough room, when they actually do have enough room. What seems to happen is that people seem to think Linux is a 2 partition system: 1 partition for swap and 1 partition for filesystem. But if you actually have separate filesystems for /tmp, /usr, /usr/local, /var, /home, etc., more often than not the program in question is looking for freespace on /, and not in the filesystem where the room is actually needed. Many applications which are not written properly, will generate errors about not enough room, when they actually do have enough room. What seems to happen is that people seem to think Linux is a 2 partition system: 1 partition for swap and 1 partition for filesystem. But if you actually have separate filesystems for /tmp, /usr, /usr/local, /var, /home, etc., more often than not the program in question is looking for freespace on /, and not in the filesystem where the room is actually needed.

]]> By: Rob White http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/02/10/tip-ubuntu-1-mb-tmp-partition-problem.html#comment-9595 Rob White Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:05:19 +0000 http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2009/02/10/tip-ubuntu-1-mb-tmp-partition-problem.html#comment-9595 Better still to leave the line and just remove the "size=#######," which will allow your tmp directory to grow to half of your available ram (available at startup). I actually add the line above and set the size manually to one-half ram _plus_ one-half configured swap space. For various reasons having your /tmp drive self-clean between boots and completely ram based will greatly increase the speed of many operations. (e.g. an install that "copies through" /tmp wont become a disk-to-disk copy operation unless it _must_ overflow into swap). Many distros put /tmp into a tmpfs (hence the name tmpfs 8-) by default, and unless you are _pressed_ for ram, you should too. Better still to leave the line and just remove the “size=#######,” which will allow your tmp directory to grow to half of your available ram (available at startup).

I actually add the line above and set the size manually to one-half ram _plus_ one-half configured swap space.

For various reasons having your /tmp drive self-clean between boots and completely ram based will greatly increase the speed of many operations. (e.g. an install that “copies through” /tmp wont become a disk-to-disk copy operation unless it _must_ overflow into swap).

Many distros put /tmp into a tmpfs (hence the name tmpfs 8-) by default, and unless you are _pressed_ for ram, you should too.

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