Hello,
I want to install FreeBSD with a small root partition. It's
possible to use a different partition for /tmp, but /tmp can also be a
symbolic link pointing, for example, /var/tmp. Is it a good idea ? If not
what sort of problem will I encounter ?
Your only problem is that you might
Hello,
I want to install FreeBSD with a small root partition. It's
possible to use a different partition for /tmp, but /tmp can also be a
symbolic link pointing, for example, /var/tmp. Is it a good idea ? If not
what sort of problem will I encounter ?
thanks,
roland.
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:32:50AM +0200, roland Mathieu wrote:
Hello,
I want to install FreeBSD with a small root partition. It's
possible to use a different partition for /tmp, but /tmp can also be a
symbolic link pointing, for example, /var/tmp. Is it a good idea ? If not
what sort of
Of course having /tmp - /var/tmp means that you have no valid /tmp in
single user mode where /var is not mounted. That is unless you created
/var/tmp in single user mode, but that would mean /var would be mounted
over the root partition's /var/tmp dir in multi-user mode, which can be
Gary Mulder wrote:
Of course having /tmp - /var/tmp means that you have no valid /tmp in
single user mode where /var is not mounted. That is unless you created
/var/tmp in single user mode, but that would mean /var would be mounted
over the root partition's /var/tmp dir in multi-user mode,
Gary Mulder wrote:
Of course having /tmp - /var/tmp means that you have no valid /tmp in
single user mode where /var is not mounted. That is unless you created
/var/tmp in single user mode, but that would mean /var would be mounted
over the root partition's /var/tmp dir in multi-user
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:00:59PM -0400, Gary Mulder wrote:
Of course having /tmp - /var/tmp means that you have no valid /tmp in
single user mode where /var is not mounted. That is unless you created
/var/tmp in single user mode, but that would mean /var would be mounted
over the root
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:51:15PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
Well, that is debateable. The safest is for /tmp to be its own
partition/filesystem. If you have it in root, and some runaway process
fills it up, it can bring the system to a grinding halt. So, unless I
The problem here
