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Old 04-01-2003, 01:52 PM   #1
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/tmp/ is full (so it sayz)


I didnt know where to put this.

df -h says;

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 55G 11G 42G 20% /

but still, when i try to "make" a small program, it says that it cant
make /tmp/somefile.some because its its full...

and when i try to delete some files in /tmp/ i get an i/o error.. please help
 
Old 04-01-2003, 02:11 PM   #2
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The only thing I can think of is 'chmod 1777 /tmp' to ensure that the permissions are correct for /tmp. From your 'df -h' output, I gather that you are using a single partition for root, tmp, usr, var, home, etc.?
 
Old 04-02-2003, 05:40 AM   #3
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Yeah

Well, ppl, i fucked up some place. i had both hda1 and hda3 set to /root. hda1 should be /boot. i made that changes, and it all started to make more sense.. :P
 
Old 04-02-2003, 05:19 PM   #4
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/dev/hda1 55G 11G 42G 20% /
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i had both hda1 and hda3 set to /root. hda1 should be /boot.
you're /boot is 55G?
 
Old 04-02-2003, 06:43 PM   #5
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you're /boot is 55G?
hda1 should be /boot.
 
Old 04-03-2003, 08:15 AM   #6
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boot is at 18mb, but it didnt show...
 
  


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