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Re: How to unmount /?



On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 05:49:28PM -0400, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was trying to unmount /, so that I can use defrag to optimize the HD.  
> However, booting from the boot disk, entering single user mode still does 
> not allow me to unmount /.  Can anyone tell me what I should do to unmount 
> /?  Or, is it possible to unmount /?  Thanks!

if you are booting from hd its impossible to unmount /.
you have to boot from a bootdisk that uses its own filesystem in a ram disk,
or something like that.

greets, 
        robert

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