Insufficient system storage

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 20 March 2006 00:31, Tim wrote:
> Anne Wilson:
> > Will the old /tmp be quietly ignored when I reboot?
>
> What was your old /tmp then?  If it was merely a directory in the root,
> then the mount point (on top of it) usurps it.  The mount point will be
> used instead.  But the contents that were already in the /tmp directory
> will still be there; albeit hidden, even if they are occupying drive
> space.  I'd, first, boot up in single user mode and wipe out any files
> in the /tmp directory.  No need to reboot after that, just telinit up to
> the run level you want to work out.
>
> If your old /tmp was a mount point, you'd be taking it away and using
> your new one *instead*.  Don't try to have two of them.
>
It was under /.  However, the problem is now academic, as I have to solve my 
fdisk problems with hdb, after which I will create a partition for /tmp.  I 
will remember, though, to remove the files from the old /tmp before switching 
over.  Thanks.

Anne
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