Re: Relabel partition didn't work
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 16:43 -0500, Manon Metten wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Thanks for your detailed explanation. I appreciate it very much.
> Hope I understand it better now:
>
> /xyz is a logical mount point that I can use to access my physical
> partition /dev/hdb4 - correct?
> Whatever name for a mount point I choose to access /dev/hdb4, no
> physical changes to my 2nd hd are made - correct?
>
> If I wanted, /xyz could be an mount point to any other physical (or
> logical) partition on whatever hd I want. I just have to change fstab
> accordingly - correct?
>
>
> So I changed fstab, rebooted and found /xyz to be changed to /store.
> fstab says: /dev/hdb4 /store ext3 defaults
> 0 2
> I have access now to /dev/hdb4 by means of the logical mount
> point /store.
>
> The odd thing however is, when I type 'ls /' /xyz as well as /store
> show up, although /xyz is not mounted of course. How do I get rid of
> this /xyz statement (and where does it come from)?
as root there are two ways.
If the directory is empty:
rmdir /xyz
If not empty, I'd check what is there. If nothing of
consequence:
rm -rf /xyz
Very simply done.
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