Moving /usr stopped wireless network!

I think this is a linux.misc rather than a linux.networking question. I
use a Belkin USB adaptor with the Atmel WLAN drivers on RH8.

I moved /usr from the root partition (hda4) to a logical partition (hda6).

After editing /etc/fstab, the system rebooted with no errors, but lsmod
showed that usbvnetr wasn't loaded. Modprobe gave an error, but if I
connected the USB adaptor after the system had fully booted, the driver
loaded automatically.

Moving the contents of /usr back to the root partition cured the problem
instantly. As none of the files needed to load the driver are on /usr,
I can't understand why this should happen.

Partition layout:
hda1 hda3 [hda2 <hda5> <hda6> <free space>] hda4

hda4 is primary, ext3, labelled / in the RH
hda6 is logical, reiserfs

/etc/fstab
LABEL=/ / ext3 noatime 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 /usr reiserfs notail,rw 0 0
...
...

Any ideas?
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David Haggett
Linux user since 01/01/2003
Email: david<at>haggett<dot>demon<dot>co<dot>uk

David Haggett wrote:

> /etc/fstab
> LABEL=/********/*************ext3******noatime*********1*1
> LABEL=/boot****/boot*********ext3******defaults********1*2
> none***********/dev/pts******devpts****gid=5,mode=620**0*0
> none***********/proc*********proc******defaults********0*0
> none***********/dev/shm******tmpfs*****defaults********0*0
> /dev/hdb1******swap**********swap******defaults********0*0
> /dev/hda6******/usr*************reiserfs**notail,rw*******0*0
> ...
> ...
>
> Any ideas?

.... prolly a link problem. you might try moving the entry
for /usr up after the /boot entry and see what happens.
..
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David Haggett wrote:

< snip >

> Moving the contents of /usr back to the root partition cured the problem
> instantly. As none of the files needed to load the driver are on /usr,
> I can't understand why this should happen.

That's most likely because your theory is not correct. Something from /usr
was required, and it wasn't mounted yet.

>
> Partition layout:
> hda1 hda3 [hda2 <hda5> <hda6> <free space>] hda4

Boy, I'll bet having all these partitions has really increased the
reliability of your system! All evidence to the contrary.

I see two kinds of posts about more than three (boot, swap, /) partitions on
a single drive. One class of post defends this practice with almost
religious fervor, claiming it increases system reliability. This kind of
post, of course, never tries to offer any evidence. The other class of post
asks for help in sorting out the problems this practice inevitably creates.

Your post falls into the second class, as do all of them, eventually.

--
Paul Lutus
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