[mdlug] Moving /usr

Mat Enders mat.enders at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 10:20:35 EDT 2011


On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mat Enders wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>
> 1.  I was asking what the error message was that you were getting.
>
> 2. No, I didn't read the entire thread.  I had only a very brief
> opportunity to catch up on e-mail (while I was at Camp Grayling)
> at the time that I replied.
>
> I'm home now on a 2-day pass before going next to Camp Shelby, MS.
> I expect opportunities for internet communications to decline rapidly.
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It says the error in the original post at the top

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Mathew E. Enders



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