Messages in this thread | | | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Subject | Re: ramdisk/tmpfs/ramfs/memfs ? | Date | 27 Apr 2001 15:41:35 +0200 |
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, eccesys@topmail.de wrote: >> > tmpfs is basically ramfs with limits. >> > >> >> ... and swappable. >> >> -hpa > > Hmmm and what's shmfs? Precedessor of tmpfs?
Yes.
> I even cant remember which one I use for /tmp ;-)
You can mount tmpfs also with type "shm" for compatibility. Type "shm" will be marked as obsolete in 2.5
Greetings Christoph
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