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Re: Oracle Install Space problems on

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:47:00 +0200
Message-ID: <tfnd4p4gdjh2b@beta-news.demon.nl>

"Dominiq S" <dom_at_simps44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:989571404.615466_at_ernani.logica.co.uk...
> Hi All,
> i still run into trouble with my installation, basically, i get quite far
> into it , and during the installation i, get an error message, saying that
> i have run out of space on my /tmp/oraInstall/..actions.log ,....
>
> I guess my question is
>
> 1.Is there a way of redirecting those install logs to a drive or directory
> with more space ie /newdrive/tmp.......
> OR/
> 2. Can a temp or tmp directory be set in the environment settings (in the
> .bash_profile) that will dictate or redirect where the installation logs
 go
> ,if thats the case then i can redirect them to
 /newdrive/tmp/Orainstall.....
> ie environment variable
>
> 3.Does Redhat clean out the /tmp directory upon bootup just like solaris?
>
> I have run out of space on my original harddrive ( / ) and have installed
 a
> newdrive ( /newdrive) on which i have installed oracle and called it
> /newdrive as a result my oracle_home looks like this
>
> ORACLE_HOME=/newdrive/app/oracle/8.1.6 etc..... and
> ORACLE_BASE=/newdrive/................
>
> Any suggestions or solutions.
>
>

TMP and TMPDIR env vars determine where the temporary files go. But then of course the / disk being full might be a symptom of other problems

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Fri May 11 2001 - 04:47:00 CDT

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