Re: /tmp size

[Rich Puhek <rpuhek@etnsystems.com>]

Richard Otte wrote:
> 
> I recently discovered that /tmp on my machine is rather small, around
> 50mb.  I was trying to use xcdroast, but was unable to extract an audio
> cd to /tmp because it wasn't big enough.  This is strange, because I
> probably have 50gb empty on my hard drive.  I'm wondering if /tmp is a
> separate partition (is this my swap partition?) or why it won't use up
> the empty disk space.  I don't know how to find out the exact limits
> on /tmp, except by what xcdroast told me.
> 
> Can anyone explain to me what is going on, and what to do.  Thanks,
> 
> Ric
> 

How did you determine that /tmp was 50mb?

It may be a seperate partition, use mount, or "df -h" to find out.

See if xcdroast will allow you to specify where to put the temp files.
That may do it for you.

No, it is not your swap partition, your swap partition won't show up in
your file lists.

--Rich

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Rich Puhek               
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