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Re: /tmp trouble



On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 10:34:51PM +0600, V.Suresh wrote:
>  I just wanted to experiment with partitions. So, created a 30 MB
>  partition, and modified /etc/fstab as
>    /dev/hda7   /tmp   ext2    defaults 0 0
> 
>    And rebooted. Now, mutt, lynx et al couldn't create tmp files, and won't
>    budge. What's wrong? I had to revert back, to put /tmp under / partition.
>    What's wrong with my setting? Help.

just a stupid idea, but did you create a filesystem on that new
partition like with: "mke2fs /dev/hda7" ?

-- 
groetjes, carel



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