Re: downloading big file problem

From: Jeffrey Silverman (jeffrey_at_jhu.edu)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:09:43 -0400

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:14:59 -0700, Paul Lutus wrote:

> wzhang wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running RH 7.2. When I try to downloading some big file, such as
>> Oracle 9i, I always got an error message: "/tmp runnig out of space" and
>> it asked me to download to somewhere else. I was actually using other
>> folders as destination and not uisng /tmp. Could anybody tell me how to
>> solve this probem?
>
> Go ahead, confess. You have a bunch of partitions on your drive, yes?
>
> To solve this class of problem in the future, remove any unnecessary
> partitions. Install Linux with a minimum of partitions (typically boot,
> swap, root). The result will be that the entire drive will have to be full
> before this kind of error message appears.
>
<snip!>

And you might not be able to log in to fix it!

Not always a good idea, and not good, across-the-board advice!

Your partition scheme depends on how you are going to use your system. For
an at-home desktop, one big root partition is usually allright. but not
for server situations and not even for some workstation situations.

later... 

-- 
    Jeffrey D. Silverman | jeffrey AT jhu DOT edu
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
                 Website | http://www.wse.jhu.edu/newtnotes/

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