On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 01:57:47PM -0800, Jake Conk wrote:
> I want to put my /tmp partition in RAM and I got the following example

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> from the fstab's man page:

>

> swap /tmp mfs rw,nodev,nosuid,-s=153600 0 0

>

> The problem is that I don't want to have any swap in RAM, only my /tmp

> partition so I'm wondering if I simply remove the "swap" entry from

> that line if that would work?

technically, swap is never on memory. swap is memory written

to the disk (when data is in memory it is either used or cache)
what you wrote is the correct way to create a partition in

memory (i do the same for my swap, the difference is my disk

is one 1 gb / and 95 Gb cgd disk but it is just for the fun

of doing it, i am not yet that paranoid...)
i suggest you to keep the swap entry. on bsd systems it wont be

used that much, and when it does you have usually trouble on your

hands (your mileage and size of flames coming from the server

might vary).
if you are worried and paranoid, you can create a partition,

mounted on each boot with a random key for your swap and tmp and

that key will be forgotten on each reboot and a new random one

used.
keep the swap entry. the /tmp one is good and that's how

you create one to put your /tmp in memory.
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