Hi...ALL

I M new to LINUX

During installation of Linux (RHEL 5) i have created a filesystem Named "/oracle"....now i want to rename the same to "/oracledbase"

(The content of the "/oracle" file system is zero and the file system is... ext3)

Please help me

Thanks

You just need to create the directory /oracledbase and mount the relevant filesystem (i.e. partition, NFS share, etc) there.

I have aleady done the same...create a folder named "oracledbase" given "chmod 777" permission and edited the /etc/fstab file...by simply modified the value "oracle" to "oracledbase" ....but nothing happend...bcoz..after completion the above job ...when i tried to reboot the system.....it was directly go to mantanance level bootup option....

The name in fstab must be the same as the new name you gave the directory (mount point). (You have "oracledbase" and "oradbase")

But: If it is now booting into maintenance mode, there is something else wrong. Can you post the complete content of /etc/fstab, and also the results of "fdisk -l" (ell, not one---and run this as root)

Since you renamed the mount point, the entry in /etc/fstab fails, dropping you into the maintenance console if you don't have the noauto option.

Have you tried commenting out the changed file system line in fstab? Does it boot OK then? If it does then we know that line was the cause of the boot problem. If it does not then there is some other reason for the boot problem. Please post your fstab here.

output of "fdisk -l"

Disk /dev/hdd: 20.8 GB, 20847697920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2534 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux
/dev/hdd2 26 286 2096482+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdd3 287 426 1124550 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdd4 427 2534 16932510 5 Extended
/dev/hdd5 427 1204 6249253+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdd6 1205 1907 5646816 83 Linux
/dev/hdd7 1908 2223 2538238+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdd8 2224 2478 2048256 83 Linux
/dev/hdd9 2479 2533 441756 83 Linux


AND

entries in /etc/fstsb is

LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults 1
LABEL=/tmp /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/oradata /oradata ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/usr /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/oracle /oracle ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
LABEL=SWAP-hdd3 swap swap defaults 0 0

Now you have "oracle" and "oradata" in fstab, but not either of the other two names you mentioned. Again, the directory (mount point) must have the same name as the fstab entry.

Have you tried catkin's suggestion?

You could also try bypassing the LABEL method and mount the partitions by actual device names----e.g.: Make a backup of the fstab file before making any more changes.

It might be helpful to post the output from this command, too

No..actually I have reverted back by "fstab" entries to earlier stage...bcoz of my sytem bootup problem...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH..everybody..I have solved my problem....using following Steps.

1) Make a directory in root named "oracledbsae" given "chmod 777" permission.
2) unmount /oracle filesystem
3) changed the /etc/fstab entries...from

LABEL=/oracle /oracle ext3 defaults 1 2

TO

LABEL=/oracledbase /oracledbae ext3 defaults 1 2

4) changed the LABEL using the following command "e2label /dev/hdd5 oracledbase"

5) Reboot the system

Glad you got it working. 777 permissions are more open than necessary and so less secure. That may not matter in your situation.