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