-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:35:48PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > rm -rf /home (gets rid of old stuff) > mkdir /home (you still need a /home as a mount point) > > Note that: > rm -rf /home/* won't get rid of those pesky dot files > rm -rf /home/.* gets rid of a little bit too much...
Doh! Yeah, you're right. Forgot that many tools ignore hidden files with no option to *not* ignore hidden files. > your-favourite-editor /etc/fstab Though if people are keeping their alternatives sane, literally "editor /etc/fstab" will work. > cfdisk tends to moan at you to reboot to make sure that the kernel > re-reads the partition table. IME this is a "safety message" which is > given irrespective of whether it's needed; if nothing is using the > disk in question (as is the case when partitioning a brand-new disk) > the kernel re-reads the partition table quite happily. parted seems to be pretty smart about knowing when you need to reboot. > You'll need to boot off a rescue disk, install CD or something to do > this, as it is dangerous to do it on a mounted filesystem. Can't you just hit sysrq-s sysrq-u to make the system read only and do it that way? - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/MxCjsClmdIs2Ki8RAmGPAJ9k85ZJ5ToQoaHVSNkXm2BMTU51jwCfacx9 419YbNVzIaXkgcldMxmFKGY= =F1Vv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
