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diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml index 4c38ede0e..b89afd0c2 100644 --- a/chapter08/fstab.xml +++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml @@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ end of the line should be replaced with <emphasis>0 0</emphasis>, as such a partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para> <para>The <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point for tmpfs is included to -comply with Posix shared memory requirements. For more information on this, -see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel -source tree.</para> +enable POSIX shared memory. Your kernel must have the required support built +into it for this to work. More about this in the next section. Please note that +currently, very little software actually uses POSIX shared memory. Therefore you +can consider the <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount optional. For more +information, see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the +kernel source tree.</para> <para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your <filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is a line to use if you intend to |