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Change tmp directory

On Debian Standard System I would like to is change /tmp directory from it's original /dev/hda8 to destination /dev/hdd5

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Code:

Disk /dev/hda: 6448 MB, 6448619520 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 784 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x0008e174



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/hda1  *          1          43      345366  83  Linux

/dev/hda2              44        784    5952082+  5  Extended

/dev/hda5              44        456    3317391  83  Linux

/dev/hda6            457        711    2048256  83  Linux

/dev/hda7            712        760      393561  82  Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/hda8            761        784      192748+  83  Linux



Disk /dev/hdb: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x2e2e2e2e



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/hdb1              1      14946  120053713+  83  Linux



Disk /dev/hdd: 60.0 GB, 60060155904 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7301 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x28d0e6e1



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/hdd1              1        3659    29390886  83  Linux

/dev/hdd2            3660        4267    4883760    5  Extended

/dev/hdd5            3660        4267    4883728+  83  Linux

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Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point>  <type>  <options>      <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc          proc    defaults        0      0

/dev/hda1      /              ext3    errors=remount-ro 0      1

/dev/hdb1      /backup        ext3    defaults        0      2

/dev/hdd1      /home          ext3    defaults        0      2

/dev/hda8      /tmp            ext3    defaults        0      2

/dev/hda5      /usr            ext3    defaults        0      2

/dev/hda6      /var            ext3    defaults        0      2

/dev/hda7      none            swap    sw              0      0

/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0  udf,iso9660 user,noauto    0      0

/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0      0

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If I change /dev/hda8 to /dev/hdd5 and reboot the startx command fails to run anyone know why

No, because you haven't given us any useful information. Not even the messages you get when you run "startx"!

As AlucardZero stated, all we can do is guess without any further information.

My guess is that there is a permissions related issue with the new filesystem.

Was this partition being used for anything else previously?

Have you mounted the new /tmp filesystem and checked the permissions against the old filesystem?

What error messages are you getting?

Ok let me try again,
The /tmp directory on /dev/hda8 is to small and I need more storage. I want to make a /tmp directory on /dev/hdd5 because it has more storage but, If I edit my /etc/fstab so that my /tmp directory points to /dev/hdd5 instead of /dev/hda8 my xserver fails to start. Maybe it's a permission problem but I don't know how to fix it.

Disillusionist - I want to burn a audio cd with the software GnomeBaker. GnomeBaker uses the /tmp directory for temporary holding the music data. Currently my /tmp directory isn't big enough.

Try running the following as root.

Code:

chown root:root /tmp

chmod 1777 /tmp

HTH

Forrest

Thanks guys that worked you're awesome :)

Can you change the thread to solved then?

Thanks,

Forrest