On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:31:28PM -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > I was getting dangerously close to running out of disk space > since /usr was filling up fast. > > I thought it was simple to tar-copy /usr to a different drive/partiton > using tar copy such as: > > (cd /usr; tar cpf - .) | (cd /newpartition; tar xpf -) > > I tar copied the contents of /usr into my new drive/partition > and I changed the partition label to /usr, updated my > /etc/fstab file, renamed my /usr to /usr-b, created > an empty directory /usr, chmod it to 775, mounted > /usr - and it all looked fine. I then unmounted /usr, > and then rebooted. > > The reboot reported that there was a problem with > the two library files: somelibfile.so.1 and somelibfile.so.2 > and then gnome came up with user/password screen. > > I logged in as a normal user, and after that point, I a > black screen came up with the gnome-X-cursor and > then stopped. Nothing worked at this point. > > I then rebooted using rescue CD, and examined the > messages log file and it appears that selinux reported > all sorts of AVC denied over /usr and other non-system > mounted filesystems. > > Clearly, it seems that selinux is having problems. > > I suppose I can reboot setting the selinux = 0 and then > begin the task of somehow repairing selinux tags in all > of my files? Does this make any sense? > > Anyone have a better solution? > Personally I'd try 'cp -R', that's supposed to handle most things OK. -- Chris Green
