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It's not so easy to get it right in advance.
When I installed HP-UX on a system that
required the logical volume manager to be
used for the root volume, it gave me a logical
volume for /tmp - now I can't rebuild /tmp
without doing all sorts of nasty things (I don't
have the cutesy extra license options) so
I keep hitting the same problem - especially
when patching the o/s !!
In this case, the install writes to /tmp/OraInstall, so you could create an 'OraInstall' somewhere else, then create a symbolic link to it
ln -s /u01/OraInstall /tmp/OraInstall
-- Jonathan Lewis Yet another Oracle-related web site: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Practical Oracle 8i: Building Efficient Databases Publishers: Addison Wesley Longman Book bound date: 8th Dec 2000 See a first review at: http://www.ixora.com.au/resources/index.htm#practical_8i Order from Amazon via: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk David Fitzjarrell wrote in message <8vc0cd$t0q$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...Received on Mon Nov 20 2000 - 15:42:15 CST
>In our last gripping episode James Hanway <hanwayj_at_m1a2r3.dfo-
>mpo.gc.cax> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am attempting an install of 8.1.6 Enterprise on a Tru64 box. The
>> install keeps wanting to write to my /tmp directory which isn't big
>> enough for the install (bombs out part way though).
>>
>> Is there a way to get the install to write to a different temp
directory
>> for the install?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>
>The /tmp directory SHOULD be a separate file system, i.e., should have
>a separate device mounted to it. The /tmp directory works far harder
>than one would imagine; text editors regularly deposit working copies
>of open files there and other UNIX processes write files there as
>well. To be short on space in /tmp can be a true show-stopper as many
>processes will hang until sufficient space is available. Software
>installs will cut that space even shorter, as you, no doubt, have
>realized. It would appear that your /tmp is still using the piddly
>leftovers from root (/) -- this is not good since there is precious
>little space left over in /. Also, if regular system reboots are few
>and far between the /tmp directory (read 'filesystem') should be
>cleared out on a regular basis; a script, run from cron, can accomplish
>this. Your Sys Admin should see to this straight away and also
>make /tmp a separate file system.
>
>I doubt that you'll be able to re-assign the temporary storage
>from /tmp to any other directory as many times that location is hard-
>coded into the application. You can, however, check your documentation
>for any environment variables that can be set to re-direct /tmp
>writes. I don't believe you will find any, especially on DEC/Compaq
>True64 UNIX, but things may have changed since I administered a True64
>box.
>
>--
>David Fitzjarrell
>Oracle Certified DBA
>
>
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