How to setup a tmpfs on a RH system

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hi!

> I would like to experiment with a tmpfs and MS but am at a loss as to
> how to create one on a RH 7.3 system.
>
> I searched my man pages and this list's archives to no avail.
>
> Also which directories should I put on it for best performance and
> reliability?

If you use it 'default' it will take half of your available ram. You can
tune this by adding a size statement in your fstab.

Like this:

none                    /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/  tmpfs   size=512m        0 0

Bye,
Raymond.