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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken Schneider wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > Ken Schneider wrote:
> > > Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > > > 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?
> > > You weren't talking about corruption but only disk I/O.
> > A filesystem can't get corrupted if there's no write
> > activity on it.
>
> DUH!

so then why did you imply otherwise?



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