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Re: creating /temp partition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Statux)
Fri Oct 23 18:18:09 1998
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:16:26 -0400
From: Statux <statux@bigfoot.com>
Reply-To: statux@bigfoot.com
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Well.. there is a limit to the number of partitions and such that can be
mounted, however high the number may be... but who said anything about
partition mounting?
Soffen, Matthew wrote:
>
> Wait a second ? A limit as to how many partitions that can
> be mounted ? I don't think so. I have 1 system here with 11
> seperate partitions. And that does not count the CD ROM or the
> floppy that I can also mount.
>
> I have /, /home, /tmp, /usr, /usr/local, and a /var as my standard
> partitions on ALL systems that I use (the only difference is how
> large they get created).
>
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> > From: Statux[SMTP:statux@bigfoot.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 3:50 AM
> > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: creating /temp partition
> >
> > So turn on quotas! Make sense?
> >
> > Do you know what a quota is?
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tomas Buday <tomas@snt.sk>
> > To: Statux <statux@bigfoot.com>
> > Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> > Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 2:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: creating /temp partition
> >
> >
> > >
> > >it's always better to have /home and /tmp on
> > >a separate partition as any ordinary users have
> > >write permissions in these directories.
> > >
> > >imagine running sctipt like the following by an
> > >ordinary user in /tmp or /home.
> > >
> > >while (:)
> > >do
> > >mkdir abc
> > >cd abc
> > >done
> > >
> > >if /tmp or /home wouldn't be mounted on separate partitions,
> > >i guess you might be in serious trouble.
> > >
> > >
> > >On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Statux wrote:
> > >
> > >> You can only mount a certain number... why did you make a temp
> > partition?
> > I
> > >> have a swap and a root and a boot.. and i don't even need a
> > seperate boot
> > >> part.
> > >>
> > >> ============================================
> > >> Statux (statux@hotmail.com)
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> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Raymond Popowich <popowich@acsu.buffalo.edu>
> > >> To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> > >> Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 10:14 PM
> > >> Subject: creating /temp partition
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >I created a new partition on my machine and I'm trying to mount it
> > as
> > >> >/temp. I've to create the entry in fstab both using the control
> > panel
> > >> >tool and by editing it manually. I did run mke2fs on the
> > partition.
> > >> >I get an error during boot saying that there are too many mounted
> > >> >partitions. Any thoughts on this one? Please send replies both
> > to me
> > >> >and the list. Thanks!
> > >> >
> > >> >-----
> > >> >Raymond Popowich
> > >> >popowich@acsu.buffalo.edu
> > >> >http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~popowich/
> > >> >
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