On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 22:45 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > I've been considering how one could put /tmp and /home on another > disc from that containing /etc and other areas necessary for > boot. > > I've thought about possibly adding a disc, and putting a file system > on it. Then emptying out /home, and mounting the new file > system to /home. On the new file system, I'd also have a directory > which would be, after the mount, /home/tmp. Then make /tmp be a > soft link to this directory. > > Would this work? Or is there some dependency on /tmp actually being > present before auto mounts take place? With the distros I've seen, /tmp is something that can be mounted on a partition. Sometimes that's even a recommendation! So, as far as I can see, /tmp doesn't have to be around until /etc/fstab has been paid attention to. On top of that, /home isn't used until well after you've booted up. So I'd expect any links inside it, like you've suggested, ought to be fine. Though I can't see why you want it inside /home. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
