From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong) Subject: Re: how to set temp variable? Date: 7 Jan 1993 03:45:04 GMT
In article <C0FK80.B3z@rahul.net> bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth) writes:
>I am sorry if this is a faq, but I can't find out the problem..
>
>I compiled cjpeg and djpeg, and they run fine, but they complain about
>running out of temp space. I've watched the /tmp subdirs while the programs
>run and can't see them writing temp files.. . -- help? The exact statement
>is, "Out of temp space -- no more drive space?" Not exactly, but close.
>
>I am almost out of room on my root partition, so I setup another partition
>and tried linking the temp dir there with the temp on the normal
>partition.. I'm linking /tmp. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong? Could someone
>tell me in email please..
>
Well, if I'm correct, linking /tmp to the new partition isn't gonna do
you alot of good. What you need to do is do a 'mount /dev/hd?? /tmp',
I think. Right after you've done a 'mkfs -c /dev/hd?? <blocks>'.
Guys, am I correct on this matter? Or did I screw up big time with
that answer?
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