From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 09:37:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C26E106566B for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:37:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mattblists@icritical.com) Received: from mail1.icritical.com (mail1.icritical.com [93.95.13.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 53CB58FC0A for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:37:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6943 invoked from network); 19 Jan 2012 09:11:14 -0000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by mail1.icritical.com with SMTP; 19 Jan 2012 09:11:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 6935 invoked by uid 599); 19 Jan 2012 09:11:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO icritical.com) (212.57.254.146) by mail1.icritical.com (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:11:14 +0000 Message-ID: <4F17DE31.3060409@icritical.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:11:13 +0000 From: Matt Burke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110403 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jan 2012 09:11:13.0702 (UTC) FILETIME=[4AE16C60:01CCD68A] X-Virus-Scanned: by iCritical at mail1.icritical.com Subject: Installworld broken with an NFS /tmp X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:37:58 -0000 I've found the following thread from 2009 which matches what I've just come across while trying to install 9-RELEASE to disk on a machine with an NFS root. http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2009-07/msg00084.html I've just worked around this by nullfs mounting the local disk's /tmp over the existing (nfs) /tmp, but is there a better way of doing this - an environment variable to specify an alternate to /tmp perhaps? Thanks. -- Apologies for the below The information contained in this message is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. Critical Software Ltd. reserves the right to monitor and record e-mail messages sent to and from this address for the purposes of investigating or detecting any unauthorised use of its system and ensuring its effective operation. Critical Software Ltd. registered in England, 04909220. Registered Office: IC2, Keele Science Park, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5NH. ------------------------------------------------------------ This message has been scanned for security threats by iCritical. For further information, please visit www.icritical.com ------------------------------------------------------------