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On 3/10/06, Sergio Polini <sp_rm_it@×××××.it> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht: |
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> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=121164 |
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> > |
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> > I'll proceed in this manner unless I hear back that there is some |
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> > problem with doing it this way. |
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> |
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> There are several hints in that topic. |
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> I did move my /usr to a new partition, so I'ld say: |
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> 1. create and format your new partition; |
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> 2. mount your new partition in /mnt/whatever; |
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> 3. copy the content of your /usr into this partition by: |
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> cp -a /usr/* /mnt/whatever (the "-a" option is important; look at man |
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> cp); |
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> 4. reboot frome a livecd; |
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> 5. mount your root filesystem and edit /etc/fstab: |
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> /dev/hdXY /usr etc. |
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> 6. reboot from the hard disk to be sure that your new partition is well |
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> mounted and works; run "mount" to check that /usr is on your new |
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> partition; test this in other ways to be really sure ;-) |
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> 7. reboot again from a live cd; |
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> 8. mount your root filesystem in /mnt/something; |
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> 9. delete the old /usr directory to free the unused space: |
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> cd /mnt/something/usr |
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> rm -rf * |
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> NB: do not delete /usr itself, just its contents, as /usr is the mount |
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> point for the new partition; |
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> 10. cross your fingers and reboot from the hard disk ;-) |
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> |
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> HTH |
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> Sergio |
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Well...I did my best, but it wasn't good enough. The machine no longer |
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boots to any level that a user could use. I'm told there are lots of |
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messages on the screen about being unable to find files. (/usr/bin, |
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/usr/sbin sort of things...) |
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To bad for me...I guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend. |
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I'm hoping they can find their Gentoo install disk, boot the machine |
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and get it on the network with sshd running. That will give me a |
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fighting chance of getting the darn thing fixed. |
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Thanks to all for the help. I'm sure it was something stupid on my |
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part and not anyone's instructions. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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