clarification as requested:
i didnt boot to single user mode, but i went down to single user from multi-user
mode when i did this. an "init S" was sufficient. my goal then was just to make
sure nobody else is messing up the files while i play god with it. thing is, it
takes a while to shutdown running processes.
now, about your point, i verified this by booting to "linux single" in my
machine and contrary to what u said, the root file system is mounted read-write
=P. i'm using red hat.
like i said, this was how i did it, the easiest and fastest. i didnt bother with
the tar anymore...since it uses more cpu cycles, thus makes the operation
slower. i dont trust cp either because that messes up permissions and
ownerships.
vince.
Quoting Ronneil Camara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 11:36 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [plug] safe way of moving /usr to new fs
> >
> >
> >
> > here's how i did it...and it follows your correct logic.
> >
> > (format ur new partition first)
> > mv /usr /usr-old
> > mkdir /usr
> > mount /dev/hda6 /usr
> > cd /usr-old
> > mv * /usr
> > (modify fstab)
> >
> > i suggest u do all of this in single user mode...just to be
> > safe, with as little
> > daemons running as possible. actually, the usr partition is
> > one of the least
> > busy ones. /var is the busiest.
> >
>
> I don't think you can do it in single user mode. It's because / is in
> read-only mode.
> Just don't know if we can boot in single user mode with read/write perms
> in
> /.
>
> Clarrification needed please so as not to confuse newbies.
>
> Onie
>
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