On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 11:46:32AM -0700, harland christofferson wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > Put a filesystem on it (e.g. ext3), mount it under /mnt, cp -a or > > rsync (or even use mc) everything under /usr, then unmount it from > > /mnt and mount it as /usr. If it works, unmount it, change > > /etc/fstab, remove everything under /usr and reboot. > > harland christofferson wrote: > > why would you need to reboot. wouldn't deleting the mount point from > /etc/mtab and running mount -a work instead?
Because you're changing something that has to do with things that automatically happen on boot. I'd rather discover a problem now while I remember what I did, than the next time I boot (a year from now?). Unless you have production services going on, a quick reboot is a good idea. If you do have production services, schedule the reboot for the next short maintenance window and be doubly sure that you've logged what you've done. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
