From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 7 6:43:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ogurok.com (ogurok.com [208.212.72.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B99C14CF4 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 06:43:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oleg@ogurok.com) Received: from localhost (oleg@localhost) by ogurok.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id KAA07155; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:04:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from oleg@ogurok.com) Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:04:41 -0500 (EST) From: Oleg Ogurok To: neill rr Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var -- Device Busy In-Reply-To: <19990306154152.2604.rocketmail@send103.yahoomail.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 On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, neill rr wrote: > Hello, > > While following the instructions in "The Complete FreeBSD" about > relocating the /var and creating a symbolic link to it, when I try to > remove the old /var directory, this is what I get: > > #rm /var > rm: /var: Device Busy > You may need to load FreeBSD is a singe-user mode. When it boots and you see the 'boot' prompt, type '-s'. Then try. -Oleg. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message