2008/9/12 Raven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 09:49 +0200, François Cerbelle wrote: >> Le Ven 12 septembre 2008 09:36, Paulo Silva a écrit : >> [...] >> > # rsync -av /usr/ /newusr/ >> > # umount /usr >> >> I think he will not be able to do it because of processes running from >> /usr. And I think he can not stop all processes by going to runlevel 1 as >> he seems to only have a network access to its server > > Indeed :( > I am currently trying the solution Francois proposed. I am at 30% of the > sync and still no sdc errors..I keep my fingers crossed.
You could try using lsof to find what processes are using files from /usr (lsof /usr) and, if possible, stop those processes/services. If you can stop them all you should be able to umount /usr. -- Paulo Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>