From: Jef Knoors (jknoors@zonnet.nl)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 08:40:26 CEST
Sorry about the confusing message, I meant without, not with.
I'm aware of the fact that the mkfs.ext2 and it lib's are in USR, but it will provide the user with the possibility to make a /tmp without having to configure the USR section. (for low memory machines)
> > On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 02:29:36PM +0200, jef knoors nicely wrote:
> > > It's nice to hear that, I also tought about a tar file containing
> serveral
> > > tempfiles:
> > > 300kb, 600 kb, 1000kb and 2000kb so we can choose from that.
> > > All kinds of combination of course are possible.
> > > There must be enough inodes on the file, I recon you know about those
> > > details .
> > > Jef
> > >
> > > > Using this genial trick, I can remove libext2 from ROOT, moving
> > > > it in highly compressed USR.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > An error of mine: checking the actual scenario, libext2 is in USR yet!
> > I do not gain anything using the trick. The only scope is to setup TMP
> > befor of loading USR. Now, first USR is loaded, then TMP is made.
> >
>
>
> > But using the trick there is the possibility to eliminate completely
> > this Setup/tmp: the boot process
> >
> > 1. check available RAM
> > 2. create /tmp according an euristic rule, such "low, med, high"
> >
> > Michele
> >
> > --
> > I'd like to conclude with a positive statement, but I can't
> > remember any. Would two negative ones do? -- Woody Allen
> >
> >
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