On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 30 Jul 2003 10:23 pm, Jan Wilson wrote: > > > > I think it means that when you explicitly mount something, it takes > > precedence over an existing link, so if the new /usr works, you'll > > have to find a way to unmount the /usr partition, delete what is in > > the /usr partition under / (and probably that /usr directory also) and > > then remount your partition that holds the stuff from /usr. > > > Since by this time the new /usr will be mounted, are you saying that I > won't be able to see the original /usr? If it's still there as a > directory, can't I just delete the directory once I'm sure everything is > ok?
Sorry to vanish on you, had to get some sleep. ;) Jan is incorrect only in that you do not delete the "old" /usr *directory* but only its contents - you still need the empty directory to serve as the mount point for the partition that now contains the /usr files. This is the same principle that is at work when you find that you cannot mount a floppy as "/mnt/floppy" if the /mnt/floppy directory does not already exist. That's why Jack's instructions called for unmounting the "new" /usr partition, then deleting the contents of the "old" /usr directory (but not the directory itself), then remounting the /usr partition. You'll recall that this is done in single-user mode, where nothing in /usr is actively in use (so unmounting/remounting it is therefore possible). -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't." - Robert Benchley
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