Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4288 mails)

[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

> Disk corruption is another matter.

No, they're directly related.

> Disk I/O affects all partitions on the disk not just one.

the overall wear of read/write head and it's controller arm
is effected, along with the data on the particular
partition/filesystem being written to.

Remember, it's a physical device doing a physical
activity...MODIFYING the data at a specific location
on the physical platter(s).

> If the disk is writing to a /tmp partition it _is_ going to affect
> the / partition due to head movement etc.

But that corrupts the / partition how, exactly?

You're not an engineer, are you?


--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx