Re: Moving files to a new partition. Please help.
Thank you all for your help, but the command I ended up using was this:
cd /mnt
find ./ | grep -v ./mnt | grep -v ./proc | cpio -p
mkdir proc
mkdir mnt
# 'find ./' find ALL files, starting at the root directory.
# 'grep -v ./mnt' Lets all lines pass through that DON'T contain './mnt',
ie the new hard drive.
# 'grep -v ./proc' Lets all lines pass through that DON'T contain './proc',
to stop a nasty neverending loop.
# 'cpio -p' Each line input to this command is open for input as a file,
and then written to the current directory.
I then shutdown, swapped the harddrives on the cables, and booted off
floppy. Reran LILO, and all was well.
Setup before:
/dev/hda = 420 MB HD mounted on /
/dev/hdc = 540 MB HD mounted on /mnt
Using LILO to boot off /dev/hda
Setup after:
/dev/hda = 540 MB HD mounted on /
/dev/hdc = 420 MB HD not mounted
Using LILO to boot off /dev/hda
Adam Heath
doogie@shianet.org
http://www.geocities.com/Siliconvalley/Park/6562/
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> From: Adam Heath <doogie@shianet.org>
> To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Cc: Jason Kusnier <kusnierj@scnc.oe.k12.mi.us>
> Subject: Moving files to a new partition. Please help.
> Date: Thursday, November 07, 1996 9:00 PM
>
> My friend and I have installed debian, but he has not signed up to this
> list.
>
> He just got a new larger hard drive for debian, and wanted to move his
> installed setup onto the new one. I have the old one mounted as root,
and
> the new one mounted on '/mnt'. I have run mkfs on the new HD.
>
> I need to know how to copy the files from the old to the new, without
> having and links destroyed, and without entering the neverending loop
with
> regards to '/mnt/mnt/mnt/...'. All attempts that I have done have
> resulted in files that links pointed being copies, instead of just making
a
> link, and having '/mnt' copied recursively.
>
> Thanks ahead of time for your help.
>
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