LaBird wrote:

> I suppose the problem started when I mount the partitions to the /tmp
> directory, where the original set of "orbit-root-..." (and
> "orbit-gdm-...") directories were located. When I mounted the partitions,
> the original /tmp contents were temporarily hidden, so the program tried to
> re-create all the directories on that partition, taking a long long time
> (and I was not able to unmount the partition as it was busy, it was even
> worse for the removable disk since when I reset the machine after prolonged
> wait, I needed to run a chkdsk to repair the file system).
>
> So the lesson learnt for me is: never mount a partition to /tmp.

It's always bad to mount something over an existing file hierarchy,
creating a new directory had saved you a lot of trouble. Default RedHat
uses /mnt directory to store mount points for temporary mounts like
cdrom, floppy, usb-memory and so on.


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