Re: 6.5 auto_install fails due to custom /var/tmp?

On 4/29/19 6:09 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> While trying to PXE install a 6.5 machine I was hit with this failure:
>
> Installing bsd 100% |**************************| 15163 KB 00:00
> Installing bsd.mp 100% |**************************| 15248 KB 00:00
> Installing bsd.rd 100% |**************************| 9984 KB 00:00
> Installing base65.tgz 99% |************************* | 189 MB 00:00 ETAtar: Unable to remove directory ./var/tmp: Device busy
> Installing base65.tgz 100% |**************************| 190 MB 00:14
> Installation of base65.tgz failed. Continue anyway? [no] no
>
> which I suspect is related to this:
>
> / 1G
> swap 4G-16G 10%
> /tmp 2G
> /usr 4G
> /usr/local 2-6G 10%
> /var 10-20G 20%
> /var/tmp 10-20G 15%
> /var/log 20-40G 30%
> /u 1G-*

yeah.

> I've never run into this until today, when I tried to carve out an explicit
> /var/tmp. Autopartitioning be able to handle /var/tmp, no?

normally, /var/tmp is a symlink to /tmp.
It can't make the link. No surprise.
Answer "Yes" to the "Continue anyway?" prompt, and all will be fine, I
believe.

Nick.