Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!edhew From: edhew@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) Subject: Re: Renaming filesystems/partitions Reply-To: edhew@xenitec.UUCP (Ed Hew) Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada Date: Sat, 01 Sep 90 03:44:02 GMT Message-ID: <1990Sep01.034402.15452@xenitec.on.ca> Followup-To: comp.unix.xenix.sco References: <1793@utoday.UUCP> In article <1793@utoday.UUCP> sean@utoday.UUCP (Sean Fulton) writes: >Yesterday I did an install of Xenix 2.3 on a 150M hard drive and >decided afterward I had mixed up the partitions. Basically, I added >things up, and it turned out that my /usr/spool partition was about >the size I wanted my /u partition to be, and /u was about the size I >wanted /usr/spool to be. These were named spool (mounted on >/usr/spool) and u (mounted on /u). > >So, I renamed the /dev files (both b and c), yet when the filesystems >come up, I still get messages like: > >WARNING: Mounted on ... Most likely you didn't make the relative changes req'd in /etc/default/filesys . >There doesn't seem to be any functional difference that I've noted, >but the naming could cause some problems. Any idea how to truly rename >the partitions short of doing another install? I'd suggest doing a man divvy and a man mkfs (note that if you do a mkfs, you will wipe out all data in that filesystem and will have to restore from tape). You will also have to do a "mkdev fs" unless you wish to create the mount point and lost+found dirs by hand as well as editing /etc/default/filesys and /etc/checklist yourself. It's not all that difficult, you should just RTFM *before* you start. :-) The last time I made the mistake you did (choosing the wrong f/s name), I simply edited /etc/default/filesys to have things mounted where I did want them and left it at that. Not eloquent, but much simpler, knowing full well that in a few months I'll likely remake everything on a still-larger drive all over again. >Sean Fulton uunet!utoday!sean Ed. A. Hew SCO Authorized Instructor XeniTec Consulting Services edhew@xenitec.on.ca | ..!{watmath|lsuc}!xenitec!edhew | (519) 570-9848 (sco.opendesktop newsgroup <=> mlist gateway maintainer)