Re: /tmp directory

On Sat, 03 Aug 2002 14:32:51 GMT, "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?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> -Warren E Bullock III
>

Usually every variant of Unix has commands to resize a filesystem. They are different for every flavor of Unix. You can of course browse the man pages Linux comes with, but as this really is a Linux issue, I would post this in a Linux newsgroup.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Sat Aug 03 2002 - 12:12:39 CDT