Trying to move /usr

Jerry McAllister jerrymc at msu.edu
Tue Aug 21 08:01:04 PDT 2007


On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 08:23:04PM -0400, Michael S wrote:

> Jerry,
> 
> I am sure, because I did it multiple times.
> As soon as I mount the old /usr (the one on the
> smaller drive) I log on into my home directory no
> problem.

What does /etc/passwd have for the id michael 's home directory?

I am running out of things to check.  It is hard to think
of this stuff remotely and picture it all in piecemeal.

////jerry

> 
> Michael
> 
> --- Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 07:47:29PM -0400, 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 ?
> > 
> > Well, since login was looking for your (michael)
> > home directory
> > in /home/michael, than that is probably the way you
> > had it and
> > want it to be.   But, maybe I am remembering what
> > you posted before
> > wrong.
> > 
> > Anyway, that is certainly mounting that partition as
> > /usr/home.
> > Are you sure you didn't edit that or get your
> > fstab-s swapped 
> > around?
> > 
> > ////jerry
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- 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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