/usr/src wget(blah) read-only file system

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Op vr 12-09-2003, om 02:54 schreef Dennis Veatch:
> Well I can certainly tell I have been away from Lunar to long. I guess thats 
> what I get running (in the case) Mandrake for a good while. My brain has went 
> to mush.
> 
> I noticed there are a slew of directories in /usr/src (left overs) from a 
> compile. Attempting to delete them  says no because its a read-only 
> filesystem.
> 
> Ok, here's my ignorance. How do I get rid of all these? Chmod fails for the 
> same reason

If you use tmpfs -- I don't think there is a need for this anymore --
you have to unmount the directories before you can delete them. This
could cause the problem you describe.

	Jasper