I recently acquired a second hard disk, and am in the process of adding it to my system. I am the only user of the system, and will probably add any new software into /usr/local. My original SuSE system is all mounted under /, in /dev/sda4. I decided that I would like to mount /usr on the new disk, under /dev/sdb4. I successfully partitioned and formatted the disk, and mounted a directory /temp on /dev/sdb4. Following the tip in the tips howto, I succeeded in copying the file system from /usr to /temp. My strategy was to be as follows: Updated the inittab to runlevel 2 - I did not want any problems with X, and I see that it is under /usr. Updated the fstab to mount /usr on /dev/sdb4 renamed /usr to /oldusr (I planed to delete /oldusr after everything checked out). shutdown -r now. On the shutdown, I get a few errors. I would expect this, as /usr has vanished from the face of the earth. On restart, I find that the mount for /usr fails, and I am left with a sick system. I checked the fstab, and it looks o.k. I renamed /oldusr to /usr to recover the system, and restarted. This time, I find that the mount of /usr to /dev/sdb4 is successful, and the system starts with /usr on the new disk. I've tried this a few times now, and the situation is consistent. If I rename /usr, I cannot mount a new usr. If I do not rename /usr, I can mount the new usr, but I cannot access the old /usr to reclaim the space. In both scenarios the space used on my old disk remains at 69%. I've checked the man pages, and the sdb, and the howtos, and cannot see anything obvious that I am doing wrong. I'm sure that I've seen some similar things in this mailing list previously, but I could not seem to find a searchable archive on the SuSE site. If anybody has had this situation or something similar before, I would appreciate to hear how they overcome this, and if not, has anyone any ideas of the approach I should take to try and nail this down?? Best regards. . . Fred -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/