[lug] /tmp size question...

[Harris, James A (Jim)]

Hi all -

I've got an odd question.  Would I cause problems for my system if I mounted
/tmp to a different physical disk or partition than /?  When I rebuilt my
machine recently I gave / about 100MB.  During my normal daily operation
this is more than plenty for the system to run, however, I forgot that many
larger programs like to use a lot of /tmp when they're installing.  (Suck as
VMWare and StarOffice.)  Because of the smaller size of /, I've been filling
this partition and have been unable to get these two running because of the
lack of usable /tmp space.

I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't freak the system out before doing
this.  Any opinions would be appreciated.

Thanks!
James Harris
EDS PC Deskside Systems Administrator / StorageTek Account
Phone:  303.661.8763  /  Fax:  303.661.4905
Email:  HarriJA at louisville.stortek.com