how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Anonymous
Last time I tried to umount / and mount it again with different options I wedged my system and had to reboot. I think I even tried editing /etc/fstab first then type umount / ; mount / all on one line. What's the correct way to umount and re-mount /? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Yoram Hekma
mount -o remount / right? On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:49 +0200, Anonymous wrote: Last time I tried to umount / and mount it again with different options I wedged my system and had to reboot. I think I even tried editing /etc/fstab first then type umount / ; mount / all on one line. What's

Re: how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Raymond A. Meijer
On Tuesday 9 August 2005 16:49, Anonymous wrote: What's the correct way to umount and re-mount /? mount -o remount / (but I'm not sure whether that would work for the root filesystem) Ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Raymond A. Meijer
On Tuesday 9 August 2005 17:08, Raymond A. Meijer wrote: mount -o remount / (but I'm not sure whether that would work for the root filesystem) Actually, it should, because you can mount -o remount,ro / to make your root filesystem read-only. Ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL