Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:36:54 -0500 From: GB Clark <gclarkii@vsservices.com> To: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems saving 4.6.2 iso image Message-ID: <20020825173654.5e69589d.gclarkii@vsservices.com> In-Reply-To: <1030102790.1675.12.camel@linux> References: <a05111b20b98bc8323b18@[192.168.0.4]> <1030102790.1675.12.camel@linux>
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On 23 Aug 2002 12:39:50 +0100
Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 12:15, Jim Arnold wrote:
> > Cannot download this iso image to my home directory mounted on the
> > the /home partition without getting this error message after around
> > 27% being downloaded:
> >
> > "There is not enough room on the disk to save /tmp/du38hqnk.exe.
> > Remove unnecessary files from the disk and try again, or try saving
> > to a different location.
> >
> > I'm already saving to a partition that had 4.6 gigs available. Why is
> > this .exe file trying to be saved to /tmp when downloading the 4.6.2
> > iso image off of ftp12.freebsd.org? I am using the latest mozilla
> > from the ports and using a 4.6 stable box to do the download.
> >
> > This is the 3rd or 4th attempt to download.
>
> In that case I'd try to use something apart from mozilla to download it
> with then as for some stupid reason mozilla always saves to /tmp first
> by default before moving it to the correct place :|
>
> (If anyone knows a way to change this behaviour let me know :)
>
> --
> Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org
>
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You can change the location of the tmp directory in your user.js file.
user_pref("applications.tmp_dir", "/1000/tmp/");
I know of no way to turn it off...:(
I looked around (google is your friend..:)) and found this somewhere on a mozilla site.
GB
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