Trying to move /usr

Michael S msherman77 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 20 17:17:35 PDT 2007


I tried changing the /home entry in the fstab to
/usr/home, but the result is the same.
And when I go to /home or /usr/home, issuing ls,
simply gives me the prompt.

Michael
<--- Derek Ragona <derek at computinginnovations.com>
wrote:

> At 06:47 PM 8/20/2007, Michael S wrote:
> >Right now things are set up the old way and here's
> >what the mount command says:
> >
> >/dev/da0s1a on / (ufs, local)
> >devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
> >/dev/da0s1e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> >/dev/da0s1f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> >/dev/da0s1d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> >/dev/da1s1d on /usr/home (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> >/dev/da2s1d on /user (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> >
> >
> >Should I change my entry for /home, and make it
> >/usr/home ?
> 
>  From your last note, it looked like home is
> /usr/home.  That is why I 
> suggested you do:
> # mount
> and check how home is really mounted.  If it is
> /usr/home that would 
> explain the trouble you had using your new /usr.
> 
>          -Derek
> 
> 
> 
> >--- Derek Ragona <derek at computinginnovations.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> > > At 06:28 PM 8/20/2007, Michael S wrote:
> > > >Here's df -k output:
> > > >
> > > >Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail
> Capacity
> > > >Mounted on
> > > >/dev/da0s1a    507630    85046   381974    18% 
>   /
> > > >devfs               1        1        0   100%
> > > /dev
> > > >/dev/da0s1e    495726       10   456058     0%
> > > /tmp
> > > >/dev/da0s1f   3733038  2869704   564692    84%
> > > >/user
> > > >/dev/da0s1d    495726   110700   345368    24%
> > > /var
> > > >/dev/da1s1d  68431992 27948332 35009102    44%
> > > >/usr/home
> > > >/dev/da2s1d  17213408  2882922 12953414    18%
> > > /usr
> > > >
> > > >When I go back to the old /usr by editing
> fstab:
> > > >/dev/da0s1b             none            swap   
> sw
> > > >          0       0
> > > >/dev/da1s1b             none            swap   
> sw
> > > >          0       0
> > > >/dev/da0s1a             /               ufs    
> rw
> > > >          1       1
> > > >/dev/da0s1e             /tmp            ufs    
> rw
> > > >          2       2
> > > >/dev/da0s1f             /usr            ufs    
> rw
> > > >          2       2
> > > >/dev/da0s1d             /var            ufs    
> rw
> > > >          2       2
> > > >/dev/da1s1d             /home           ufs    
> rw
> > > >          2       2
> > > >/dev/da2s1d             /user           ufs    
> rw
> > > >          2       2
> > > >/dev/acd0               /cdrom          cd9660
> > > >ro,noauto       0
> > > >
> > > >I get into my home directory with no problem.
> > >
> > > You need to adjust not just the /usr and /user
> but
> > > also /usr/home entries
> > > in fstab.  Before you make any changes, do just
> a
> > > mount command and see
> > > where things are mounted.
> > >
> > >          -Derek
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