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Re: Problems with lofs on Sun-3/4, SunOS 4.0, 4.0.1

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From: Liudvikas Bukys
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1989 03:26
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In article <677@holtec.se> perw@holtec.se (Per Westerlund) writes:
>Using SunOS 4.0 (4.0.1) there is available a so called "loopback virtual
>file system", lofs....I would like to use it to mount /var/tmp on /tmp,
>...(Replacing /tmp with a symbolic link to /var/tmp is not acceptable,
>makes single-user mode without /var mounted a bit hard.)

If that's your only objection to a symbolic link, then, while single-user,
with /var UNMOUNTED, do a "mkdir /var/tmp".  Then you'll have a small
/var/tmp on your root, to use when standalone, and you'll have your large
/var/tmp when you go multi-user.
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From: bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Problems with lofs on Sun-3/4, SunOS 4.0, 4.0.1
Message-ID: <1989Feb10.091710.8303@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 89 03:26:10 GMT
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