Re: Must /tmp be on boot partition?

2000-02-01 Thread David Wright
Quoting Marc Sherman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Does /tmp have to be physically located on the boot > partition, or can it be a symlink to /var/tmp on another > partition? I've seen conflicting statements in different > references/howtos/manpages - some say that the link works, > and others say that t

Re: Must /tmp be on boot partition?

2000-02-01 Thread Brad
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:30:35PM -0500, Marc Sherman wrote: > Does /tmp have to be physically located on the boot > partition, or can it be a symlink to /var/tmp on another > partition? I've seen conflicting statements in different > references/howtos/manpages - some say that the link works, > a

Re: Must /tmp be on boot partition?

2000-02-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:30:35PM -0500, Marc Sherman wrote: : Does /tmp have to be physically located on the boot : partition, or can it be a symlink to /var/tmp on another : partition? I've seen conflicting statements in different : references/howtos/manpages - some say that the link works, : a

Re: Must /tmp be on boot partition?

2000-01-31 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Marc Sherman wrote: > Does /tmp have to be physically located on the boot > partition, or can it be a symlink to /var/tmp on another > partition? I've seen conflicting statements in different I've been using /tmp -> /var/tmp for some time now, and never noticed any problems.

Must /tmp be on boot partition?

2000-01-31 Thread Marc Sherman
Does /tmp have to be physically located on the boot partition, or can it be a symlink to /var/tmp on another partition? I've seen conflicting statements in different references/howtos/manpages - some say that the link works, and others say that the boot process needs temp space, and uses /tmp for