Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > I am having a bit of a problem with getting a normal boot up > sequence when trying to split out /usr/share into a different > partition due to my /usr space running out of room. > <-----------[ snip ]---------> > > 1: mkdir /usr2 > 2: cd /usr2 > 3: tar-copied /usr into /usr2 (excepting /usr/share) > 4: restorecon -R . > 5: e2label /dev/sdb1 /share > 6: updated /etc/fstab: > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/share /share ext3 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/app1 /app1 ext3 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/app2 /app2 ext3 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=swap swap swap defaults 0 0 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5;mode=620 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > 7: reboot in rescue CD > 8: mount /dev/sda2(/) /mnt > 9: cd /usr > 10: mv share share-old > 11: ln -s ../share/share share > 12: umount /mnt; reboot and remove rescue CD > > When rebooted I see: > 1: normal bios stuff > 2: udev > 3: fsck file checks > 4: <do not see the gui screen showing services being loaded> > 5: Immediately see the GDM greeter (Login screen) > 6: Login as normal user and my services and network is disabled. > > I checked /usr/share and it is correctly symlinked to /share/share > > Do I have the fstab order right i.e. should I put the > /share ahead of /boot or does it matter? > The order is not a problem - as long as / is mounted, you can mount the rest of your file systems in any order. It would be different if some of your mount points were on a file system other then /. Then you would want to make sure that file system was mounted before you tried to use those mount points. > Any advice? > Dumb question - are you running SELinux in the enforcing mode? If so, you will need to have SELinux relabel the system. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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