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From: roland Mathieu <roland.mathieu@free.fr>
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Subject: A question about /tmp
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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.