Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 12:49:12 -0600 (CST) From: Jeff Fisher <jeff@jeffenstein.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is needed in /stand Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003311244360.28631-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000331124119.B10520@laptop.firehouse.net>
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Alan Clegg wrote: > Out of the ether, J McKitrick spewed forth the following bitstream: > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 09:57:01AM -0600, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > > Now I have upgraded to FreeBSD 4.0, I am finding that I am > > > getting less and less room in the root mount point / . > > > (I gave it 32M). > > > > Stupid question: have you symlinked /var and /tmp to /usr? > > /tmp should not be linked anywhere off of the root file system. > > I'd recommend mounting an MFS or another filesystem on it, but not > symlinking it. > > Too many things use it (and depend on it) being there before /usr is > mounted (or if /usr is not available). > If it's needed, you could create the /usr/tmp directory on the root partition, so it will be there before /usr is mounted. Hopefully it won't get alot of files that transparently fill up the root. -- jeff@jeffenstein.org http://www.jeffenstein.org Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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