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In brief all you want to do is mount your usr on usr rather than usr2
should be pretty simple.
and remove your symlink!!!, just make it  a mount point instead

Hope I havent confused you as much as I did myself :)

Arran
My opinions are my own and do not reflec those of my employer.

   Could you please post a copy of you actual /etc/vfstab file as well as
an explanation of how are /usr and /usr2 configured (is any one of them a
link, a filesystem, a subdirectory? More details please!)

  Now, to move FILESYSTEMS you can use this command:

ufsdump 0f  -  /dev/rdsk/cwtxdysz | (cd /target_dir;ufsrestore xf - )

where: /dev/rdsk/cwtxdysz is the raw partition where your source
filesystem is living. Change w,x,y,z as appropiate and if in doubt ask
first.

Cheers

init 1 (single user mode)

make the new directory as you have indicated you already have, with a
unique name.

Copy the files from device to device with:
        find {source_dir} -print | cpio -pmud {target_dir}
                        -or-
        tar cvf - {source_dir} | tar xvf - {target_dir}
                        -or-
        bounce it to-from tape.  This has advantages is all else failes!

{hopefully you used the /etc/vfstab for creating the temp usr directory}

reverse the naming in /etc/vfstab

reboot -- -sr (reboot w/no takedown options, single user, reconfigure
boot)

if [it worked] then
do
        fsck /usr
        reboot
done
else
do
        insert Solaris CDRom
        boot cdrom -s
        undo /usr /usr2 switch mentioned earlier
done
endif

*REMEMBER:  do not do anything bad to the origional /usr until you are
sure all worked, and have tested the system in multi-user mode.

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First of all you don't want to use cp -r it will not keep your permissions
intact etc. instead use:

find . -depth -print | cpio -pdlmv /newdir

Scott R. Haven

Scotch_

Quote:> I have been unsuccessful in booting my Solaris 2.3 machine after moving
/usr
> to a different disk (on another controller) labeled /usr2.  I've tried
> linking /usr to /usr2 but the system still will not boot.  My last
attempt
> will be to make changes to the vfstab (it's more direct) however I need
to
> know how can I change the /usr2 directory to /usr now that the original
/usr
> is gone?.  I'm afraid if I do just a cp -r the links will not be properly
> managed.  I would have to do this from CD-ROM of course.
> Any ideas?.
> Thanks.

What you did changing /usr2 to /usr was to provide a bunch of programs
that your machine needs to do anything useful.

Quote:> Next I formated c0t3d0s6 & 7 and re-arranged the partition sizes and newfs'd
> the 2 slices.  I'm ready to move /usr to the new slice but I'm hesitant to
> do so until I understand why the above worked.
> Included are attachements for vfstab, ls output, mount and df-k output.

Cheers

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