Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:13:02 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: clearing space Message-ID: <1105110782.708.149.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <41DE9F26.6080700@taborandtashell.net> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050106184116.01f2aa80@mail.face2interface.com> <20050107053638.GE27020@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> <6.2.0.14.0.20050107074632.03093500@mail.face2interface.com> <1105103142.708.136.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> <41DE9F26.6080700@taborandtashell.net>
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On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 06:39 -0800, Tabor Kelly wrote: > Peter Risdon wrote: > > How about: > > > > #mv /sbin /usr/sbin > > #ln -s /usr/sbin /sbin > > #mv /root /usr/root > > #ln -s /usr/root /root > > Isn't this a bad idea if you ever have to boot to single user mode and > only have / mounted? > I have a system I need to hose this weekend anyway, so checked first. I moved the /root directory to /usr/root, then exited from su - and su still worked. Then I rebooted into single user mode and got a shell. So it seemed fine, if mildly inadvisable. Therefore, as far as I can see and I did check, you can boot into single user mode without a /root directory. Peter.
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