On Tuesday 13 December 2005 03:33 pm, michael higgins wrote: > Some time ago, I moved my /usr/lib folder to a separate partition to > net some space on /. Now, I want to fix my partitions on that second > drive, so I've moved all the linux folders to / again. (The /usr/lib > files are in a folder called /usr/lib2 for now.) > > Does anyone know what will happen if I try to > umount -l, remove the /usr/lib mountpoint, and rename /usr/lib2 to > /usr/lib?
Should be fine as long as nothing starts any more processes (that need libraries in /usr/lib) between the 'umount' and the 'mv'. Also, you system may still be accessing the partition you've umount-d (since you used -l) so you really won't be safe modifying it (deleting the partition, etc.) > Any suggestions appreciated. You may be able to go down to single user mode with init 1 and stop any remaining services, which might free up your /usr/lib. If that doesn't work you may be able to use 'fuser' to kill the processes accessing /usr/lib forcefully. You can get a list of the processes with fuser -mv /usr/lib Altenatively: mount -o bind / /mnt rm /mnt/usr/lib mv /mnt/usr/lib2 /mnt/usr/lib umount /mnt vim /etc/fstab /* Remove the line that mounts /usr/lib */ After you reboot the offending partition should no longer be mounted, but this is really not much better than umount -l. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
