I copy some files to the directory /bsmbootstrap and /lib in
multi-user mode with solaris 8. After I reboot the machine in single
user mode with boot cdrom,
the directory /bsmbootstrap disappear, but the /lib is still there
when I do a ls. The files I copied to /lib disappear.
What should I do in order that the files I create in multi-user mode
still appear when I reboot the machine in single user mode with boot
cdrom.
Please help.
Thanks.

>> On 25 Jul 2003 16:38:49 -0700,
>> ma7777772@hotmail.com (TingChong) said:

> I copy some files to the directory /bsmbootstrap and
> /lib in multi-user mode with solaris 8. After I reboot

I hope you know what you're doing -- fiddling with
directories that Solaris wants specifically to know about
and maintain packages in could be disastrous.

> the machine in single user mode with boot cdrom, the
> directory /bsmbootstrap disappear, but the /lib is still
> there when I do a ls. The files I copied to /lib
> disappear. What should I do in order that the files I
> create in multi-user mode still appear when I reboot the
> machine in single user mode with boot cdrom. Please
> help.

The root (/) depends on what you're booting from. When
from disk, / is one of the disk partitions. When from CD,
the root is on the CD.

The files/directories are still there, it's just that
"there" isn't where you think it is.

To see the files, you have to mount the appropriate disk
partition into the file system provided by the CD, e.g.

# mkdir /a
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a

to get the root partition. If /usr (where /lib really is,
as "ls -l /" will show) is on its own partition, you
should mount that under /a too (in case you need the
correct file system layout from the disk).

(This is how Solaris/linux etc. get installed from a
distribution onto a system initially.)

hth
t