[ltp] how to silence the hard drive

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009, Richard Neill wrote:
> Michael Gaber wrote:
> >>/tmp in RAM is a good idea (at least if you have enough RAM :)
> >
> >but beware: i used tmpfs for compiling jobs (/var/tmp/portage in
> >gentoo) and noticed that you can produce a nice memory hole with
> >that if you unmount a filled tmpfs without removing the stuff in
> >it before.
> >
> >Regards Michael
> 
> Is that not a kernel bug?

Yes, and a rather massive one.  I never heard of it before.  Michael, are
you _sure_ it leaked memory?  Which kernel was that?

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  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh