Derek J. Carr wrote:
Hi,
Very much a new Linux user, but some user experience with Unix 20-odd years ago. I'm finding I'm running out of space in / because /tmp is filling up doing some backups and zipping. I have more room on a different partition so I'd like to move /tmp there. Of course /tmp isn't "mounted" at the moment. I'm just confused. How do I mount /tmp onto /dev/hda6 (where /local is mounted already) and have the system see it as the right tmp directory for zipping and such things. I'm using Suse 10.1 free on a i386 machine if that's important.
Assuming you've got a separate partition for it, just add it to fstab. If you've only got a directory on the /local partition, create a symbolic link from /tmp to that directory. Incidentally, you can configure the system so that old stuff is automagically deleted from /tmp. Have you done that? You can configure this in the /etc/sysconfig editor. Look under System > Cron for MAX_DAYS_IN_TMP and CLEAR_TMP_DIRS_AT_BOOTUP. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com