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From: bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys)
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Subject: Re: Problems with lofs on Sun-3/4, SunOS 4.0, 4.0.1
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Date: 16 Feb 89 03:26:10 GMT
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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.