apparantly, If I just comment out the /tmp in /etc/fstab
then reboot, the /tmp will be setup under the / directory.
As long as I'm not putting much into it, it shouldn't be
a problem.
Thanks for the quick replies
George
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Gallen [mailto:ggallen_at_slackinc.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 10:43 AM
>To: 'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
>Subject: How do you replace a drive that contains /tmp?
>
>
>I want to replace the drive that contains my /tmp filesystem
>and another
>filesystem.
>
>What I did prior to other drives was comment out the
>partitions I wanted to
>replace
>from /etc/fstab, shutdown the machine, pulled out the old
>drive, put in the
>new one
>powered back up, (drives were already formatted and partitioned from
>earlier) then
>mounted the commented filesystems onto the new partitions,
>uncommented the
>/etc/fstab file and rebooted.
>
>But How can I comment out /tmp and still power up? Should I setup /tmp
>as a virtual (memory) partition until the swap is made? Or is
>there another
>way to boot and mount without having /tmp on the system?
>
>Thanks
>George
>
>George Gallen
>Senior Programmer/Analyst
>Accounting/Data Division
>ggallen_at_slackinc.com
>ph:856.848.1000 Ext 220
>
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>
Received on Tue Jun 27 2000 - 15:08:02 NZST