Dale Martin wrote: > > Daniel Mashao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > why not put /var and /tmp in the same root partition? > > When you run out of space on your root partition while compiling, it's a > real pain. I've had it happen. I've never run out of space on /var, or on > / if I don't have /tmp on it. So, I have /tmp soft linked to the partition > with the most free space on my system. (This is a peculiarity of my > environment, I know, but I still think that 16M is a tad small for /tmp, > which is what I was originally responding to.)
yes, all this partitioning stuff becomes not so important if you use symlinks; AFAIK the only true reason to avoid symlinking /var or /tmp into another partition is that /var and /tmp are more vulnerable to crashes on (say) power faillures; thanks! > > Later, > Dale > -- > +-------------------- finger for pgp public key ---------------------+ > | Dale E. Martin | University of Cincinnati Savant Research Laboratory | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~dmartin | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Otavio Exel /<\oo/>\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
