No more space on tmp

[daramarak]

I am a complete newbie at linux. I am at my 2nd install now, and is running VectorLinux (slackware distro).

I am running it at an old laptop with a 6GB hd, and now i get the
message that /tmp is full.

I have 4 partitions on this drive. And my /dev/hda1 is indeed full. But i have no idea what to move or not to.

I have plenty of room at other drives. e.g. my /mnt/hda3

Please explain thorughly, I would like to learn and not just do that, and that, and not understand why.

Thanks!

[tpl]

/tmp is normally used for "temporary lock files," usually directories
such as .X0-lock. Anything else in there can normally be removed:
"rm *" but not "rm -r .* that would remove all the lock files.

[daramarak]

I have understood that it is possible to remove files from tmp, but is it possible to make it use space from another partition.

I do not really understand how the rootfolders are mounted.

[mvantuyl]

Here's a link to an article about fstab. http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html
Hopefully, it will be enlightening for you.

[cyberinstru]

Hey, I think you can utilize tha available space by creating a soft link (with a pseudo name "tmp") to the empty space.

Someone, please correct me, if I am wrong

[daramarak]

Here's a link to an article about fstab. http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html
Hopefully, it will be enlightening for you.

It was, so, it would be possible to make my tmp go to one of my none used partitions with a line like:

/dev/hda2 /temp ext2 defaults 1 1

in the fstab.

Please correct me before my poor laptop melts as a result of my poor configuration