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| From | Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue |
| Date | 2016-01-20 15:07 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n7o7lj$i49$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> (permalink) |
| References | <n6eiu34hjn@news4.newsguy.com> <n6gahv$pao$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <4150ecf6-8562-4f49-be9f-c5ecbda17c94@googlegroups.com> <n7ieu1$7cn$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <ghsjd93.fjkd@rooftop.invalid> |
On 19/01/2016 09:48, owl wrote: > Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >> On 13/01/2016 13:31, John Gohde wrote: >>> On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 6:51:01 AM UTC-5, Desk Rabbit wrote: >>>> On 04/01/2016 19:58, Vile Strong wrote: >>>>> One of the highly useful capabilities of the Linux OS is >>>>> the tmpfs, which is a temporary file system located entirely >>>>> in RAM. >>>>> >>>>> The user can invoke a tmpfs any time and of any size with >>>>> the command: >>>>> >>>>> mount -t tmpfs -o size=XG,mode=0777 tmpfs /mount-point >>>>> >>>>> A tmpfs can be used for a variety of purposes, such as the speedy >>>>> compile of a large program or a very quick "scratch" storage >>>>> for very large data processing. >>>>> >>>>> Does Microsoft Windows have this capability? >>>>> >>>>> FUCK NO!!!! >>>>> >>>>> That's another testament to the superiority of Linux over >>>>> Microsoft. >>>>> >>>> >>>> And of course, your given example doesn't work >>>> >>>> [root@mail ~]# mount -t tmpfs -o size=XG,mode=0777 tmpfs /mnt/tmpfs >>>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on tmpfs, >>>> missing codepage or helper program, or other error >>>> (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might >>>> need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) >>>> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try >>>> dmesg | tail or so >>>> >>>> >>>> It's the size=XG that's wrong, you need to specify a number i.e. 1G for >>>> one gigabyte. >>> >>> >>> OR IF YOU HAD A BRAIN, rodent, the ue of an "X" script should have been self-explanatory. >> >> Oh do explain what an "X" script is in this context great Linux master. >> >> This should be good........ >> >> :-) >> > > It can't possibly be as good as you running a command as root without > scrutinizing it first. :) > On a throw away isolated VM based system? You find that entertaining? How odd. How else could I display the error without running the command???
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Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 05:31 -0800
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-18 10:34 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-19 09:48 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-20 15:07 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 19:23 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 09:44 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 10:48 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 11:05 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 13:11 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 16:52 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 18:30 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-22 09:47 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-22 14:11 +0100
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-22 12:59 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-22 22:33 +0100
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-22 15:22 -0700
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-23 09:34 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-25 07:19 -0600
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 08:59 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 10:22 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-25 14:58 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 11:23 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-25 18:38 +0100
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-25 12:52 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 16:58 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-25 17:35 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 18:39 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-03-22 11:35 -0700
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 10:24 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-25 15:36 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 11:18 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 15:58 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 17:16 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 15:54 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-26 14:09 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 21:16 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <a.m@unseen.is.invalid> - 2016-01-26 17:17 -0500
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 23:20 +0000
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-27 12:11 -0700
Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-27 21:26 +0000
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