[xubuntu-users] tmp-filesystem unusabel

[Hans Schneidhofer]

hi,

if I understand you correct, I can make an entry in fstab, so that a
new /tmp can be found on RAM or any other SDD and then start the system
without any problems ?

For shure, that old one entry must be deleted - or - is it so ?

bye hans

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Am Samstag, den 06.08.2022, 14:43 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> Hi,
> 
> to hold /tmp you don't need a HDD or SSD at all. The /tmp directory
> has
> got no content that needs a backup/restore. Everything in
> /tmp should be regularly deleted by systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service.
> So yes, you can replace /tmp by any other partition on any other HDD
> or
> SSD. Instead of a HDD or SDD you could use the RAM to hold /tmp. You
> can
> either add a tmpfs entry to fstab or just enable the tmp.mount
> systemd
> unit. Google is your friend.
> 
> My Arch Linux install does use half of the RAM as tmpfs:
> 
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ df -ht tmpfs
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> run             7.6G  1.2M  7.6G   1% /run
> tmpfs           7.6G  384K  7.6G   1% /dev/shm
> tmpfs           7.6G   31M  7.6G   1% /tmp
> tmpfs           1.6G  252K  1.6G   1% /run/user/1000
> 
> IOW at the latest when the machine is powered down, /tmp is empty, if
> it is a tmpfs.
> 
> I don't know what the culprit is that /tmp can't be used on your
> machine. Guessing is a bad advisor. You could check the HDD or SDD
> using smartctl (Google can help again) or better use the proprietary
> tool provided by the vendor of you HDD/SSD. For my TOSHIBA/OCZ/KIOXIA
> SSDs the proprietary tool is available for Linux. I needed to
> download
> a live Linux prvided by the vendor and copy it from the live Linux to
> my
> Arch Linux install. So I've got a tool that is way more reliable and
> informing than smartctl and I can update the SSD firmware, even while
> they are in use.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
>