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by JordanRieger
Thu 05 Sep 2013, 03:46
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to use HD only for tempfs? (Slacko 5.6 Full Install)
Replies: 15
Views: 4212

I commented out the following line (placed a # at the start of the line, for any newbies reading this thread in the future) in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: mount -t tmpfs -o size=${QTRFREERAM}k tmpfs /tmp ;STATUS=$((STATUS+$?)) And that seemed to do the trick. No more tempfs mount at /tmp, and I can save w...
by JordanRieger
Thu 05 Sep 2013, 02:00
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to use HD only for tempfs? (Slacko 5.6 Full Install)
Replies: 15
Views: 4212

@Karl Godt: # cat /proc/swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sda5 partition 3109884 0 -1 I don't have a initrd.gz file anywhere on my HD (seached with find.) But in rc.sysinit, I did find the following little nugget: #130630 bring back tmpfs on /tmp for full HD installation. It's the very las...
by JordanRieger
Wed 04 Sep 2013, 05:11
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to use HD only for tempfs? (Slacko 5.6 Full Install)
Replies: 15
Views: 4212

I confirmed PUPMODE=2 in /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE. Hence I was unable to use the Resize personal storage file tool. I have 3G RAM and, according to GParted, 3G swap. But I can't tell if the swap is actually being used. I don't have an SSD, just a 160G HD. Does anyone know where the tempfs configuration fi...
by JordanRieger
Tue 03 Sep 2013, 02:14
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to use HD only for tempfs? (Slacko 5.6 Full Install)
Replies: 15
Views: 4212

Firefox seems to want to download to /tmp by default, and it runs out of space really quickly. And using the GetLibreOffice script, "extracting to RAM" fails because the compressed version is already 150M and there is other stuff taking up the rest of the 750M. So I'm hoping someone can gi...
by JordanRieger
Mon 02 Sep 2013, 21:59
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to use HD only for tempfs? (Slacko 5.6 Full Install)
Replies: 15
Views: 4212

How to use HD only for tempfs? (Slacko 5.6 Full Install)

Hello, I'm new to Puppy and have only basic knowledge of Linux administration. I have successfully setup a full install of Slacko 5.6 to my 160G HD, and it is booting and running (fast!). Problem is I have only 750M free in /tmp, and this is causing issues with Firefox downloads, unpacking LibreOffi...