On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 02:24:59 +1030, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 05:47 -0800, kellyremo wrote: > > Disadvantages: > > If you burn DVDs, you need to be able to set the software to use > somewhere other than /tmp to create its temporary files. Else, you're > going to need at least 5 gigs of spare RAM for your tmpfs /tmp, to hold > an entire DVD ISO. > > There's probably some other applications which make big temp files, too, > but that's the one that springs to mind. tmpfs can use swap space when needed, so you could set up say a 10 GB swap partition to allow you to handle cases where you need a lot of temp space. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
