"Martin Marcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > of course I'd like to regain the space that the /usr directory on the > / partition uses. Could I just "telinit 1" umount the /usr mountpoint > empty out the /usr directory remount again and telinit 3 back to > normal?
I think you can do it without telinit 1. Try rebinding the / mountpoint somewhere else mount --bind / /mnt Then / will be in both / and /mnt The /mnt/usr should be your original /usr. Delete that directory, and unmount /mnt Theoretically, this should work, but I haven't tried it. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]