On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:07, J. Grant wrote: > you could try staring in single user mode, there are several ways to do > that type "linux single" at lilo, or "linux init=/bin/bash" or maybe > "init s" at a command prompt, all f these as root. > > then umount /home and see if that works... > JG
He should simply try logging in as root from the console, and then umount /home. Root's home directory defaults to /root, thus allowing you to unmount /home if you're logged in as root (as opposed to using 'su'). t > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I want to create 2 smaller partitions from /home partition on hda. I > > currently have / at 5gig, /boot 250mg, /home 27gig. I want to make a > > blank 5 gig partition to test distributions. Harddrake brings up the nice > > partition program, but I cant unmount /home to change to size. How do i > > do it? rob > > http://linuxlaunchpad.net -- PGP key : http://n12turbo.com/tarragon/public.key
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