From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 18 18:29:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA08332 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 18:29:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lamb.sas.com (lamb.sas.com [192.35.83.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA08326 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 18:29:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mozart by lamb.sas.com (5.65c/SAS/Gateway/01-23-95) id AA01711; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:29:18 -0400 Received: from iluvatar.unx.sas.com by mozart (5.65c/SAS/Domains/5-6-90) id AA18249; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:29:04 -0400 Received: by iluvatar.unx.sas.com (5.65c/SAS/Generic 9.01/3-26-93) id AA28637; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:29:04 -0400 From: "John W. DeBoskey" Message-Id: <199610190129.AA28637@iluvatar.unx.sas.com> Subject: Re: fix for symlinks in /tmp (example) To: hackers-digest@freefall.freebsd.org Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:29:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Well: One of you wrote: >"hey john, I set a symlink in /tmp pointing to all that stuff you need" Which is exactly what my friend told me when I was having trouble installing FreeBSD... hostname:/tmp/FreeBSD -> path/to/the/middle/of/nowhere/FreeBSD where the long path didn't work in the installation dialog, hence the reason for the symlink setup by a friend of mine. This wouldn't have worked if I couldn't follow his link. Later, John -- jwd@unx.sas.com (w) John W. De Boskey (919) 677-8000 x6915