[indiana-discuss] Acer 1GB Netbook for $99.99 (& Catch)

[Kees Nuyt]

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:28:52 PST, you wrote:

>BTW, it may not be wise to install OpenSolaris or any 
>OS into a USB flash stick.  Most of the default
>configs write /tmp files to swap, and, unless
>you modify your vfstab/fstab file, your USB flash
>may get fried in a hurry.  :-)

No worries. /tmp is an in memory filesystem, tmpfs.
It only overflows to swap (=writes to disk) if memory usage
is high.

man tmpfs(7FS)
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