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Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis?

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druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
> On 04/08/2026 10:15, Chris Green wrote:
> > E.g.  how do you stop systemd's logging from writing to 'hard' disk?
> > It would need a **lot** of reconfiguration before it would use a
> > reasonable amount of space such as is available on a RAM drive.
> 
> Here are the important lines of /etc/systemd/journald.conf
> 
> [Journal]
> Storage=volatile
> RuntimeMaxUse=32M
> RuntimeMaxFileSize=8M
> RuntimeMaxFiles=4
> ForwardToConsole=no
> ForwardToWall=no
> 
> 
> That will log to RAM only, a maximum of 32M in up to 4 files, so it 
> should automatically prune 25% when it gets full, but I'm often having 
> to do it manually with:-
> 
> journalctl --vacuum-files 3
> 
That last rather spoils things, I'm expecting the systems in question
to run for months (at least) without any intervention from me.

... and systemd's journalling isn't the only thing that writes, it was
just the first thing that I thought of (hence the 'E.g.').

-- 
Chris Green
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Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-03 15:45 +0100
  Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 18:05 +0100
    Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-03 18:23 +0100
    Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-03 22:48 +0200
  Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-03 18:29 +0100
    Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-03 22:48 +0200
      Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-04 10:15 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 11:10 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2026-08-04 11:23 +0000
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-04 17:53 +0100
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-05 00:46 +0000
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2026-08-05 08:30 +0000
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-05 11:37 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-05 12:45 +0100
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-05 13:22 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-04 14:56 +0200
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-04 15:09 +0200
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 15:11 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-05 20:25 +0200
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-04 17:55 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-04 18:08 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-05 19:50 +0200
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 15:10 +0100
        Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-08-08 00:29 +0100
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-08-08 08:59 +0100
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-08 12:27 +0100
            Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-08-10 19:06 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-10 19:21 +0100
              Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-11 00:03 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-11 07:33 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-12 01:25 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-13 16:55 +0000
                Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-13 23:29 +0000
          Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-08 12:25 +0100
  Re: Are Pi Zeros more fussy about SD cards than other Pis? Stephan Elinghaus <seli@spamgourmet.com> - 2026-08-11 12:49 +0000

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