Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-04 Thread A. Khattri
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Andreas Vinsander wrote: > I will correct you now! You can make symbolic links across partitions, > just try it! Its "hard" links that dont work across file-systems. -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-04 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Saturday 04 June 2005 18:37, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: > >050603 Andreas Vinsander wrote: > >>Philip Webb wrote: > >>>IIRC you can make a symbolic link only within the same partition. > >>>others please correct me, if i'm mistaken. > >> > >>I will correct you now! > >>You can ma

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-04 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
Philip Webb wrote: >050603 Andreas Vinsander wrote: > > >>Philip Webb wrote: >> >> >>>IIRC you can make a symbolic link only within the same partition. >>>others please correct me, if i'm mistaken. >>> >>> >>I will correct you now! >>You can make symbolic links across partitions, just

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-04 Thread Philip Webb
050603 Andreas Vinsander wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> IIRC you can make a symbolic link only within the same partition. >> others please correct me, if i'm mistaken. > I will correct you now! > You can make symbolic links across partitions, just try it! ok thanks (wry grin)! you are correct. -

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-03 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Philip Webb wrote: > > IIRC you can make a symbolic link only within the same partition. > others please correct me, if i'm mistaken. > I will correct you now! You can make symbolic links across partitions, just try it! /Andreas -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-03 Thread Philip Webb
050603 Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > I tried making a symbolic link to another disk IIRC you can make a symbolic link only within the same partition. others please correct me, if i'm mistaken. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Phil

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-03 Thread Holly Bostick
Ognjen Bezanov schreef: > I am trying to upgrade my gentoo box but the partition where /var/tmp > resides is too full. > > So I tried making a symbolic link to another disk which had a lot of > space, but then gentoo refused to compile, giving me permission errors. > > So im asking, how can you u

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-03 Thread Zac Medico
--- Ognjen Bezanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to upgrade my gentoo box but the > partition where /var/tmp > resides is too full. > > So I tried making a symbolic link to another disk > which had a lot of > space, but then gentoo refused to compile, giving me > permission errors. >

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-03 Thread A. R.
Hello, Did you set the right permissions? something like "chmod 1777 " Of course, as long as you are linking to a directory in the other disk, however, I don't really know what needs to be done if you are using the whole partition in the other disk as the target for /var/tmp ... Maybe the permi

[gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-03 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
I am trying to upgrade my gentoo box but the partition where /var/tmp resides is too full. So I tried making a symbolic link to another disk which had a lot of space, but then gentoo refused to compile, giving me permission errors. So im asking, how can you use /var/tmp on another disk. I dont wa