Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 01:02:24 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tmp and var to usr/tmp and usr/var Message-ID: <15202.21872.124710.263609@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <24032536@toto.iv>
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Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> types: > Hi all, > > can someone get me out of this cage, > > trying to make /usr/tmp and /usr/var and remove /tmp and /var then link to > /usr/tmp and /usr/var > > can create /usr/tmp and /usr/var ok and move /var contents to /usr/var ok > > trying to rm -rf /tmp or /var gets 'device busy' > > tried single user mode, > > get 'file system read only' > > tried /mount -u / > > can then remove /var and /tmp and ln -s to /usr/var and /usr/tmp > > but then cant get out of this mode. What have you tried to get out of single user mode? reboot should work. Exiting the current shell should also work without reloading the kernel. If you've tried those and they don't work, what happens and what error messages do you get. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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