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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken Schneider wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > Clayton wrote:
> > > > Problem solved: I filled the partition with /tmp on it, so nothing
> > > > could be parked there. I found out when I tried running the sax2 man
> > > > page which crashed but gave me the info I needed
> > > Interesting.  I hadn't considered that a full /tmp partition would do
> > > it.  I don't have it on a separate partition on any of the systems I
> > > run, so this never came up.  I'll be tucking that bit of info away for
> > > future use.
> >
> > /tmp can fill up even if it's on the root partition...of course,
> > if that happens, then your root partition is full, too.
> >
> > Personally, I don't like ANY unnecessary file I/O on my root
> > partition, so /tmp always gets its own partition
>
> I/O is still I/O that has to be handled by the _disk_ not the
> _partition_, so it matters not if /tmp is on it's own partition unless
> it is also on a different disk.

Really?

So if the /tmp directory is corrupted, and it is on its
own partition (and therefore, a separate filesystem),
this corrupts the root filesystem how, exactly?

Filesystem corruption (data) is MUCH more common than disk
errors (hardware).

But yes, if I have the resources available, /tmp is also
on a completely different disk than the root filesystem.
Unfortunately, this is not practical on most laptop systems,
but separation onto a separate partition/filesystem can be
done even on a single hard-disk system.


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