>Number:         17081
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       sysinst does not create /tmp with auto partitioning
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 27 23:46:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jcline at ieee.org
>Release:        NetBSD 1.5.3_RC2
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD rms1 1.5.3_RC2 NetBSD 1.5.3_RC2 (GENERIC) #2: Sat Apr 27 18:25:24 CEST 2002 he@pepperoni.uninett.no:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

My old PC here has a ~1.5gig drive.
When I installed I selected "use entire disk".
For the partitions, I selected the default partitioning scheme:
this created two partitions,
	/	about 200 meg?
	/usr	the rest, 1.4 gig

The install has mostly gone OK (mucho credit to netbsd team as usual).

What I noticed, post-install, was that there was no /tmp.
Not sure if this is a serious problem or not; not sure if pkgs or 
system scripts will assume it's there.  To prevent any problems
like this, I make a /usr/tmp and symlinked /tmp to /usr/tmp.  I
didn't want to make a /tmp which would end up on /, since my / is 
so small.

I assume this happens because sysinst with the size of drive I have 
choses these two partitions (on larger drives it might make seperate
/var and /tmp and whatnot?).  And then it doesn't take any actions
to specifically make a /tmp.

It didn't make a /var either, but not all systems have /var,
so I wouldnt consider that a problem.


>How-To-Repeat:
Fresh install with ~1.5 gig drive, let sysinst chose your partitions.

>Fix:
I think the symlink of /tmp to /usr/tmp is a good solution.  This way
the /tmp won't be limited by the smaller size of /.

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