[linux-lvm] LILO configuration for LVM "boot" filesystem

Steve Wray steve.wray at the.net.nz
Thu Jun 7 21:36:38 UTC 2001


yes, exactly.
Tell me, what is wrong with having /tmp as a mount point
for a LV?
(I'd suggest he got the symlink around the wrong way!
/var/tmp and /usr/tmp would be symlinks to /tmp...)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com]On
> Behalf Of Steven Lembark
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:19 AM
> To: linux-lvm at sistina.com
> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LILO configuration for LVM "boot" filesystem
> 
> 
> 
> > cd / ; mv tmp tmp.old ; ln -s /var/tmp .
> > reboot
> > rm -rf /tmp.old
> > 
> >     Now you don't have to worry about root filling up at all...
> 
> until you have to boot in single user w/o /var mounted and
> the whole sysystem fries for lack of /tmp :-)
> 
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