On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 03:33:55PM +0200, George Karaolides wrote: > That's it. Note that if /usr and /var were originally part of your root > filesystem, the data will still be there but the new filesystem will be > mounted on the top level directory so you won't see it. After you've > successfully transferred /usr and /var out of the root filesystem, you can > reclaim the space by going to single user mode, unmounting /usr and /var, > and doing the following: > > rm -rvf /var > rm -rvf /usr > mkdir /var > mkdir /usr > > Be VERY careful that /usr and /var are NOT mounted when you do this! > Also note, a space or a slash in the wrong place in either of the above > commands can wreck your system completely!
Good warnings. I would also recommend doing a `ls -ld /usr /var > /tmp/perms` before deleting the old directories, then double-checking that the ownership and permissions on them are correct after creating and mounting the new ones. -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss
