Mount does not limit the size of drive
I set a ramdisk via
sudo mount ramfs -t ramfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
Then I put files inside it. They exceeded 1 MB and I still could place files in this drive.
I tried 1m, 900k and a few other options. None of them limited the drive.
Does mount limit the size of the mounted disk in any way?
mount files filesystem
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
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I set a ramdisk via
sudo mount ramfs -t ramfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
Then I put files inside it. They exceeded 1 MB and I still could place files in this drive.
I tried 1m, 900k and a few other options. None of them limited the drive.
Does mount limit the size of the mounted disk in any way?
mount files filesystem
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
83
The limit to ramfs is your physical RAM itself. See: wiki.debian.org/ramfs In other words, you cannot limit ramfs.
– Terrance
Jan 3 at 15:07
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I set a ramdisk via
sudo mount ramfs -t ramfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
Then I put files inside it. They exceeded 1 MB and I still could place files in this drive.
I tried 1m, 900k and a few other options. None of them limited the drive.
Does mount limit the size of the mounted disk in any way?
mount files filesystem
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
83
I set a ramdisk via
sudo mount ramfs -t ramfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
Then I put files inside it. They exceeded 1 MB and I still could place files in this drive.
I tried 1m, 900k and a few other options. None of them limited the drive.
Does mount limit the size of the mounted disk in any way?
mount files filesystem
mount files filesystem
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
83
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
83
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
83
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
83
asked Jan 3 at 12:19
DozamDozam
83
83
The limit to ramfs is your physical RAM itself. See: wiki.debian.org/ramfs In other words, you cannot limit ramfs.
– Terrance
Jan 3 at 15:07
add a comment |
The limit to ramfs is your physical RAM itself. See: wiki.debian.org/ramfs In other words, you cannot limit ramfs.
– Terrance
Jan 3 at 15:07
The limit to ramfs is your physical RAM itself. See: wiki.debian.org/ramfs In other words, you cannot limit ramfs.
– Terrance
Jan 3 at 15:07
The limit to ramfs is your physical RAM itself. See: wiki.debian.org/ramfs In other words, you cannot limit ramfs.
– Terrance
Jan 3 at 15:07
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You should create the ramdisk using tmpfs, not ramfs.
ramfs is an older implementation and lacks size checking (see here).
So your command will become :
sudo mount tmpfs -t tmpfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
answered Jan 3 at 12:59
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tmpfsis great. But it might use swap instead of pure ram.
– Dozam
Jan 3 at 13:05
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You should create the ramdisk using tmpfs, not ramfs.
ramfs is an older implementation and lacks size checking (see here).
So your command will become :
sudo mount tmpfs -t tmpfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
answered Jan 3 at 12:59
pimpim
1,9091925
tmpfsis great. But it might use swap instead of pure ram.
– Dozam
Jan 3 at 13:05
add a comment |
You should create the ramdisk using tmpfs, not ramfs.
ramfs is an older implementation and lacks size checking (see here).
So your command will become :
sudo mount tmpfs -t tmpfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
answered Jan 3 at 12:59
pimpim
1,9091925
tmpfsis great. But it might use swap instead of pure ram.
– Dozam
Jan 3 at 13:05
add a comment |
You should create the ramdisk using tmpfs, not ramfs.
ramfs is an older implementation and lacks size checking (see here).
So your command will become :
sudo mount tmpfs -t tmpfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
answered Jan 3 at 12:59
pimpim
1,9091925
You should create the ramdisk using tmpfs, not ramfs.
ramfs is an older implementation and lacks size checking (see here).
So your command will become :
sudo mount tmpfs -t tmpfs /media/typicalramdisk/ -o size=1M
answered Jan 3 at 12:59
pimpim
1,9091925
answered Jan 3 at 12:59
pimpim
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answered Jan 3 at 12:59
pimpim
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answered Jan 3 at 12:59
pimpim
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tmpfsis great. But it might use swap instead of pure ram.
– Dozam
Jan 3 at 13:05
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tmpfsis great. But it might use swap instead of pure ram.
– Dozam
Jan 3 at 13:05
tmpfs is great. But it might use swap instead of pure ram.– Dozam
Jan 3 at 13:05
tmpfs is great. But it might use swap instead of pure ram.– Dozam
Jan 3 at 13:05
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The limit to ramfs is your physical RAM itself. See: wiki.debian.org/ramfs In other words, you cannot limit ramfs.
– Terrance
Jan 3 at 15:07