Got My Answer: kernal swap & compile errors

[Matthew J. Wicks]

>>Thanks all those at SGI and elsewhere for filling me in on the
>>problem.  Due to the teeny default root partition, the /tmp filled up
>>too quickly when compiling large files.  The kernal swap caused the
>>problem because we saved the old kernal in / !
>>
>>One interesting comment I heard was that perhaps the root
>>partition default size needs to be upped by the distribution folks at
>>SGI.  For whatever its worth.

Another solution (one that we use here) is to have a separate mounted
file system for /tmp. We do the same for /usr/tmp

Matt

Matt Wicks
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
708-840-8084
wicks at fnal.fnal.gov