[mdlug] Moving /usr
Mat Enders
mat.enders at gmail.com
Sun Sep 25 13:39:41 EDT 2011
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mat Enders 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
>
>
> What error is that?
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Aaron,
1) You obviously did not read the entire email
2) If you would have read the entire thread before replying you would
see that the problem has been solved
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Mathew E. Enders
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