From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 17 10:30:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 846C315327 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:30:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA20354; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:28:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:28:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Greg Martin Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199904171647.JAA05637@everest.netidea.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bplease don't bcc: to mailing lists. Thanks. On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Greg Martin wrote: > Reply to:Greg Martin > Subject: rm /var :/var busy? > > I've just installed 2.2.8 and am trying to move /var > to /usr/var. Each time I get to the point of rm -rf /var > (from /) but I'm told /var is busy. I've tried as a > single user and I've tried killing everything in sight > (I didn't use any options so a few processes resisted) > but to no avail. I remember when I installed 2.2.6 I had > to sneak up behind /var but was able to succeed. Any > suggestions, hints, etc.? The system logs, etc. are in use. Shut down to single user mode then do the move. Note that /var is a mount point, you'll have to unmount the filesystem instead of rm-ing it. Don't forget to update /etc/fstab! Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message