On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 12:15:06AM +0200, Martin Marcher wrote: > > my setup is in a 30GB partition with LVM on top. > / 1GB > /home 3GB > and a few other non standard mountpoints > > ok i found that although this is just some minimal system for testing > the / partition is to small (more precise /usr is eating up too much > space) > > so I set up a new LV for /usr rsynced mounted and modified fstab to > fit the changes. > > 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? >
Somewhere in the debian documentation is a warning that after going to single-user mode a return to multi-user is not guaranteed to work. Reboot into single user (with the -s option if there isn't a grub menu item already) so that you know noting under /usr is being used, mv /usr to /oldusr, fix fstab so that the new usr mounts on /usr, then shutdown -r. Of course be careful not to use any binaries that reside under /usr. Stick wit straight bash and other stuff under /bin. Use the full path to make sure. On reboot everything should be up and runing. Verify this, then just rm -rf /oldusr (or for a more graphical view for safety, run mc). Of course, you can do all this under a live CD. I've only recently acquired a computer that can even run a live CD so I never feel the need. And of course ensure that you have good backups before you start. Good luck, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
