On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 07:24:51 AM Mark Wendt did opine: > On 04/12/2011 03:49 PM, gene heskett wrote: > >> I suppose technically it is possible to create a /usr directory on > >> the root partition and populate it with a core collection of > >> programs so they are available early in booting and then merge the > >> rest of /usr from another partition later on, but that's another > >> PITA. > > > > Potentially much bigger than the one I seem to be having. I have > > considered setting up log, as a separate partition mounted to > > /var/log, but no one can tell me if when / goes read-only because > > something went tits down in the deep end of the pool, and /var was a > > dir on /, would log then be read-only too? I dunno. > > If you mount /var/log as a separate partition, it may or may not get > mounted. If the / partition is getting mounted read only, it's more > than likely in single user mode, and likely as not, not mounted. In > that case, I'd do a mount -o remount,rw / then do a mountall to bring up > all your other mount points if you need to get to them.
In the crashes before, / went read-only because something blew the partition table away. /var was on /, so no logs. I had to re-install. 2 weeks later, same story, re-install something else but don't recall, might have been the fellow from Morgantown WV's version. It was at least 3 years back up the log now & no trace exists today. > > I can't reboot without using the reset button now, because /var is > > already unmounted when halt calls whatever is after swapoff -a, and > > halt can't get a lock, so the reboot is hung. Its BS ok, but it sure > > doesn't raise my corn crops by the acre yield... > > Ah, you're having problems with the shutdown then. Does it do the same > thing when you shut down or reboot from single user mode? Dunno, haven't tested. > > But, having been burnt by no logs on 2 crashes before, having /var as > > a dir on / (as fedora's installer demands) is simply not an option, I > > won't even discuss it. > > Dittoes for me. The link above may be related but that was more for > libs and bins on /usr. Did these reboot issues just start happening or > have you had them since the machine build? I have had this problem with mdv, mint9, and now pclos, but only on this machine. The shutdown screen says: Turning off swap -f <-empty line feed cursor <-hung here forever. Tap hdwe reset to reboot from there. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> <http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html> To our sweethearts and wives. May they never meet. -- 19th century toast ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
