Re: /tmp directory

Thanks for the replies everybody I will try your suggestions...

    -Warren E Bullock III
    wbullock_at_twcny.rr.com

"Eve Höllwarth" <evelyne_h_at_yahoo.de> wrote in message news:gs5okus2l77a17c5ofq43b78o9sbdpl6kv_at_4ax.com...
> "Warren E Bullock III" <wbullock_at_twcny.rr.com> wrote
>
> >I was trying to install oracle and as it was trying to write to the /tmp
> >directory it failed... the installation got about 30 percent through and
> >then complained that the /tmp directory did not have enough space to
> >complete the installation... :-( When I installed Redhat 7.3 I let the
> >machine configure the partitions... Can I re-install and configure the
> >partitions differently to give the /tmp directory much more space.. I
know
> >that the installation gave the /usr partition 12 GIG.. Should I
re-install
> >and give the /usr partition less.. What partition does the /tmp
directory
> >reside on?
>
> I've had once a similar problem on sun during install of
> oracle ee 8.1.7 and maybe the solution fits to linux also. You
> need at least 400M free space in /tmp. If there's not enough
> you can create the needed directories (/tmp, /tmpdir, /temp)
> where ever you have enough space and set these variables
> before installing oracle. See note 177902.1
>
> kind regards
> Eve
Received on Sat Aug 03 2002 - 22:29:01 CDT