[mdlug] Moving /usr

[Mat Enders]

It does sound like a grub issue. At the same time that I did the move of /usr an update updated grub and when it asked about configuration files I told it to keep the old one. Both /var/log/messages and /var/boot.log were unhelpful.  
Mat Enders from my BlackBerry®

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Dion <bob at starlinephoto.com>
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:55:41 
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Subject: Re: [mdlug] Moving /usr

Sounds like a Grub issue?

I take it there is nothing under /var/log/messages or in the boot log?

Bob Dion
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Robert Adkins II <radkins at impelind.com>wrote:

> I think you should have used more options on the command line, instead of
> just -a and maybe just leave the -a out of the equation.
>
> Instead use rsync -rlpt
>
> Perhaps someone with more knowledge on this can provide better information.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert Adkins II
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org
> > [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Mat Enders
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:19 PM
> > To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> > Subject: Re: [mdlug] Moving /usr
> >
> > The -a option means to archive so it copies them as symlinks
> >
> > The original entries in fstab did not use uuids
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Jeff Hanson
> > <jhansonxi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I haven't used rsync much.  How does it handle symlinks?  There are
> > > many in the lib directories.
> > >
> > > The only other thing I can think of is a problem with UUIDs
> > (if your
> > > distro uses them to identify drive partitions).
> > >
> > > On 9/20/11, Mat Enders <mat.enders at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> All,
> > >>
> > >>           I recently had to move /usr on a machine.  Since moving
> > >> /usr when i boot the machine I get this message
> > immediately after the
> > >> bios prompts are finished and before the boot process
> > starts "error:
> > >> file not found".  After the machine comes up all appears
> > to work normally.
> > >> I will now explain what i did to move /usr.
> > >>
> > >>   1) log in as root unmount /home
> > >>   2) resize /home
> > >>   3) create new partition in newly created free space
> > >>   4) edit fstab to mount new partition as /usr2
> > >>   5) reboot
> > >>   6) run rsync -a /usr/ /usr2
> > >>   7) run diff /usr /usr2 to ensure they are the same
> > >>   8) edit fstab to mount new partition as /usr instead of /usr2
> > >>   9) run mv /usr /usr3
> > >> 10) reboot
> > >> 11) get error but all appears to work correctly
> > >>
> > >> --
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