Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:15:34 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, Jason W <jason@welsh.dynip.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: excess baggage in / directory? Message-ID: <20000913121533.A11958@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000912165753.11937C-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>; from matt@gsicomp.on.ca on Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 04:59:21PM -0400 References: <39BE4689.ACDE4482@magpage.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000912165753.11937C-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Tue 2000-09-12 (16:59), Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > I agree. some may argue with this, but you might want to link /tmp > > to /usr/tmp to make sure /tmp wont ever fill up /. > > The only problem with this is that if you ever have to boot without > mounting any filesystems instead of root, you won't have a /tmp directory > so many things will fail (including most editors.) boot single mkdir /usr/tmp ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp Yes, you may have "hidden" temporary files below your /usr mount, but it's better than having things die terribly. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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