> > Are you trying to use /tmp in your root filesystem? Bad idea. Filling > > your root filesystem can be quite inconvenient. Most modern Unices will > > let you use a virtual memory filesystem for /tmp. I urge you to use > > that. It's traditional to clear out /tmp at reboot anyway.
> Or, alternatively, you could symlink /tmp to another partition. I > usually hook mine to /usr. I've heard that there are some things which require /tmp to be available at boot time; which is why I either a. leave it on the / partition, and hope it doesn't get filled with a runaway file b. make a memory filesystem of some sort for it (tmpfs under linux). this way there's a temporary file space, even if there are boot problems and only the root filesystem gets mounted. if I were to symlink /tmp to somewhere, I'd attach it to /var/tmp; since that's generally where Linux programs should put temporary files (/var usually has a lot more space than /); and /var is for 'variable data'. the Linux Filesystem Heirarchy Standard (FHS) indicates that ideally, /usr should be mountable read-only (increasing security, making sharing easier, improving performance in some cases); so I wouldn't put anything like /tmp there. (this is also why you shouldn't use /usr/src for compiling anything, including your linux kernel ... do it all in your home directory). IMHO, YMMV, if something else works for you - have fun. :) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700 _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
