From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 13:23:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A91616A4CE for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:23:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 136D643D1F for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:23:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 19844 invoked from network); 12 Feb 2004 21:23:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 12 Feb 2004 21:23:15 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B82121; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:24:52 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:24:51 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: gaf Message-Id: <20040212232451.3fdc67e0@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <402BEA75.3070809@bredband.net> References: <402BE37C.7070603@bredband.net> <20040212224916.30d1c768@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <402BEA75.3070809@bredband.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: Barbish3@adelphia.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp full (newbie) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:23:19 -0000 On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:04:53 +0100 gaf wrote: > I have read the handbook but have been following (It=B4s easier to have a= =20 > book in front of you when installing). The Complete FreeBSD 4th=20 > edition when installing, where Greg Lehey recommends the partitioning =20 > that I have running right now so..... HE DOES NOT. >/ 4G >swap 800M >/home 35G NOP. No way. What he says and you forgot to do is something about sym-linking /tmp to /var/tmp, if memory serves. If you want to extent this to have symlinks lik= e this: /tmp --> /home/tmp /usr --> /home/usr /var --> /home/var you can. But there is no reason to do so. In fact the default setup is just the other way: /home --> /usr/home Please refer to hier(7) to see layout of FreeBSD. =20 Grog's book was for a few years the only one available and it's my personal favorite. Nevertheless the FreeBSD handbook is the official reference. > as a newbie how should I know which one is the most accurate? Now I=20 > know you ll say the handbook, so from now on I will follow the handbook. Read Grog's book, it makes a few times every cent you have spent on it. > Thanks for answering > gaf --=20 IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user