On Friday 30 November 2007 01:29 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 05:45:35AM -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Is it possible to increase the space available in /tmp without doing the > > backup/repartition/reinstall/restore dance? > > > > I'm trying to backup a dvd using k9copy. It wants to have about 8 gig > > free in the /tmp partition, but when I set the system up, I gave /tmp > > much less than that. > > It's been a while since I used k-9 copy (a few months at least) but > I never needed that much space in /tmp. Poke around in the config > dialogs looking for references to /tmp and change that. > > hm... it occurs to me that maybe you're trying to backup from one dvd > to another? And that's causing k-9 copy to want to store the file > temporarily, thus it uses /tmp. Why not just copy it directly to your > harddrive and then perform the burn as a separate step. just a > thought. > > A
Thanks. I found the config option to change the directory used. No more problems. Also thanks to everyone else who answered. I got a lot of useful tips from your replies. Its great to have so many smart and well versed folks on this list. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
