1)Move you /tmp to /home/tmp: "mv /tmp /home" 2)check that you have no /tmp in your root : "ls /" 3)link /tmp to /home/tmp: ln -s /home/tmp /tmp Note: this is for the case that Helix needs /tmp. If it need /temp, do the above replacing /temp for /tmp. Buchan Stefan Srdic wrote: > > Buchan Milne wrote: > > > df > > > > This will show you what partitions you have and where directories are > > mounted. If /tmp is not listes, it will be in the / (root) partition. If > > you don't have much space available on /tmp's partition, move /tmp to > > another partition that has space (say /home) and then link /tmp to the > > new location (/home/tmp in this case) with : > > "ln -s /home/tmp /tmp" > > > > Buchan > > > > Here's my "df" results: > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 289M 195M 79M 71% / > /dev/hda8 4.1G 110M 3.8G 3% /home > /dev/hda1 9.3G 3.9G 5.5G 42% /mnt/win_c > /dev/hda3 201M 180M 21M 90% /mnt/win_d > /dev/hda7 4.8G 2.2G 2.3G 49% /usr > > Obviously, the /tmp directory is in the root partition, so I tried to move it using >the > "ln -s /home/tmp /tmp" command, then I retried to install Gnome using the "lynx >-source > http://go-gnome | sh" command. I still got the same error saying that I do not have > enough free space in the /temp directory. How do I correctly move the /tmp directory >and > change the link to the /tmp directory? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- |--------------------------------------------------------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.sun.ac.za/cae South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------|
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