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Hi,
Based upon a number of posts, blogs etc. I've put a number of file systems on my Dell Mini 9 on a tmpfs file system, rather than on the SSD.
e.g. (with 2GB of RAM)
/etc/fstab
#http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/09/04/four-tweaks-for-using-linux-with-solid-state-drives/
# use RAM for various temporary file systems
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777,size=256M 0 0
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777,size=256M 0 0
tmpfs /var/lock tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777,size=128M 0 0
tmpfs /var/run tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=755,size=128M 0 0
I came across this post the other day, discussing putting /var/log onto a tmpfs file system
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 10#p528010
I liked the idea, but thought rather than just taking snapshots of the contents of /var/log, it'd be better to fully backup and fully restore the contents of /var/log at shutdown / boot time. I put together the following package yesterday to automate that:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27501
It seems to be working fine for me, hopefully it'd be useful to others with netbooks/laptops. Any feedback, including "it's the dumbest idea on earth" (as long as you explain why), is welcome.
Regards,
Mark.
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