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    To use System V shared memory, you have to mount the shm filesystem
-somewhere and put the mountpoint into /proc/sys/kernel/shmpath.
-Default is /var/shm.
+somewhere. You can do that automatically by adding this line to /etc/fstab:
+
+none		/var/shm	shm		defaults	0 0
+
+Remember to create the mountpoint directory; it does not have to be /var/shm.
 
    <CTRL><ALT><DEL> now performs a cold reboot instead of a warm reboot
 for increased hardware compatibility.  If you want a warm reboot and

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