Ron Farrer wrote: > Marc O. Sandlus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > It appears from this list, that /usr/src was mounted *before* /usr > > I guess that this causes your problems, since the mount point /usr/src > > didn't > > exist (yet) at the time /dev/sda7 was mounted. > > Quite possible! Here is my fstab: > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> > # <pass> > /dev/sda8 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/sda6 none swap sw 0 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/sda7 /usr/src ext2 defaults 0 2 > /dev/sdb5 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2 > /dev/sda5 /bp vfat defaults 0 2 > > So sda7 *does* get mounted before sdb5. Should I change it or will I > screw up anything with such a screwy partitioning scheme?
Yes, you should change it, but be careful: All your files in /usr/src actually reside on /dev/sdb5 (yes, the same as /usr). /dev/sda7 will be empty! You have wasted 595952 kB till now (maybe you will find some old files on /dev/sda7, from a time before you changed /etc/fstab) If you just re-order the two lines in /etc/fstab you will miss the files which are in /usr/src now, so I suggest you do the following (as root at bash prompt #): 1. Unmount hidden partition: # umount /dev/sda7 2. Check if you can still see the files in /usr/src: # ls -RAal /usr/src If you get an error here or if /usr/src does not contain the files it used to contain: *stop now*, I was wrong; if not, procede and you'll gain 600 MB! 3. Get /usr/src out of your way: # mv /usr/src /usr/src.backup 4. Create new dir: # mkdir /usr/src 5. Mount /dev/sda7 again (now it gets mounted *after* /dev/sdb5): # mount /dev/sda7 6. Check if /usr/src is empty (if you want, backup files in case it's not empty): # ls -RAal /usr/src # mkdir /usr/src_dev_sda7.backup # cp -a /usr/src /usr/src_dev_sda7.backup 7. Free space on /usr/src, in case it wasn't empty (see 6.) (treat file starting with "." inside /usr/src/ separately; 8. likewise) # rm -rf /usr/src/* 8. Copy files from partition /dev/sdb5 to /dev/sda7: # cp -a /usr/src.backup/* /usr/src 9. Change /etc/fstab by swapping the two lines regarding /usr and /usr/src Don't forget to delete your backups if you feel confident that this procedure worked! I would be happy to receive your report, Good luck, Marc
