On Wednesday 30 Jul 2003 12:12 pm, Bill Mullen wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: > > If I understand you, when I mount the new /usr, the directory > > /usr under / will be ignored (after a reboot?). But then when I > > remove the /usr directory, the system will temporarily not be > > able to see any /usr until I remount the new one. Right? > > No rebooting necessary (remember, you did a "telinit 1" to start > off with, and are in single-user mode here). Once you mount the > "new" /usr partition over the "old" /usr directory, the files which > are still in that directory are no longer visible to the system. As > Jack said, you would then issue "telinit 5" to return to run level > 5 and test everything out. > > When you're ready to delete the old files, you just return to run > level 1 (where /usr is not in use, when you're merely sitting at > the bash prompt), unmount the "new" /usr partition, clean out the > "old" /usr dir that was "beneath" it, and remount the "new" /usr. > You will then return, once and for all, to run level 5 with > "telinit 5". And yes, for a second or two there you will have no > /usr mounted, but that's not a problem at all if you follow those > steps exactly as Jack wrote them; the only command you're running > with an empty /usr directory is "mount", and it lives in /bin. :)
Thanks, Bill. I'm a belt, braces and piece of string person. I do need to have it spelled out really clearly if I feel that there's risk involved <g> I'd never make a gambler. Anne
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