On Monday 20 March 2006 00:31, Tim wrote: > Anne Wilson: > > Will the old /tmp be quietly ignored when I reboot? > > What was your old /tmp then? If it was merely a directory in the root, > then the mount point (on top of it) usurps it. The mount point will be > used instead. But the contents that were already in the /tmp directory > will still be there; albeit hidden, even if they are occupying drive > space. I'd, first, boot up in single user mode and wipe out any files > in the /tmp directory. No need to reboot after that, just telinit up to > the run level you want to work out. > > If your old /tmp was a mount point, you'd be taking it away and using > your new one *instead*. Don't try to have two of them. > It was under /. However, the problem is now academic, as I have to solve my fdisk problems with hdb, after which I will create a partition for /tmp. I will remember, though, to remove the files from the old /tmp before switching over. Thanks. Anne
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