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How to mount /tmp folder as separate filesystem

July 7, 2014 at 11:50 pm

Backup your

cp -rp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_old

1. Create 1GB tmpmnt partition file

cd /var
dd if=/dev/zero of=tmpMnt bs=1024 count=1048576

2. Format new partition

mkfs.ext3 -j /var/tmpMnt
Press Y when asked

3. Backup old /tmp

cp -rp /tmp /tmp_old

4. Mount the new /tmp filesystem

mount -o loop,noexec,nosuid,rw /var/tmpMnt /tmp