Increase Size of /tmp (/usr/tmpDSK) Partition in Linux

Service httpd stop

service mysql stop
pstree -p | grep tailwatchd
umount /var/tmp
umount -l /tmp
dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/tmpDSK bs=1024k count=2048
du -sch /usr/tmpDSK
mkfs -t ext3 /usr/tmpDSK
file /usr/tmpDSK
mount -o loop,noexec,nosuid,rw /usr/tmpDSK /tmp
install -d –mode=1777 /tmp
mount -o bind,rw,noexec,nosuid /tmp /var/tmp
service httpd start
service mysql start

 

532 rm -f /usr/tmpDSK
533 dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/tmpDSK bs=1024 count=8192000
535 mkfs.ext3 /home/tmpDSK
536 mount -o loop,rw,noexec,nosuid /home/tmpDSK /tmp
537 mount -o bind,rw,noexec,nosuid /tmp /var/tmp
538 chmod 1777 /tmp
539 cp -Rp /tmp_backup/* /tmp/
540 rm -rf /tmp_backup