Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:23:39 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com> To: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: moving /tmp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012071920110.13636-100000@mail.wlcg.com> In-Reply-To: <20001207181808.A317@northernbrewer.com>
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I'm assuming that /tmp is in the / partition: boot from floppy, then mount the device that is normally / as /mnt and fix the problem. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Christopher Farley wrote: > Today I decided to move /tmp from the root filesystem to /usr/tmp. > > I did this because I got a "filesystem full" message after mutt tried to > close a very large mbox. I decided that /tmp should be a symlink to > /usr/tmp... > > Here's what I did: > > # cd / > # cp tmp /usr > # mv tmp tmp.old > # ln -s /usr/tmp tmp > > Unfortunately, I did not boot into single user mode; in fact, I did this > within XWindows. Sure it seems like a stupid thing now... > > Of course, my X session got a little flaky on me. After a reboot, I am > now unable to run startx. The screen goes black, the keyboard shuts > off... > > How do I begin to clean up my mess?? > -- > Christopher Farley > Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105 > www.northernbrewer.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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