Re: New Hard Disk

[hnine@nine.agn.net (Harmon Sequoya Nine)]

Syd --

Looks like you can use the "cp" command with the "--archive" option (see "cp" man page).

What you need to do is, after you place a linux filesystem on the partition with "mke2fs",
mount that partition under the generic mount-point directory "/mnt":

mount /dev/hd?? /mnt

Then, copy everything from /usr/lib onto the partition:

cp --archive /usr/lib /mnt

Once you're sure everything has been copied and is intact, erase everything under /usr/lib:

rm -r /usr/lib/*

Then umount the partition, and remount it under /usr/lib

umount /mnt
mount /dev/hd?? /usr/lib

Be sure to place the necessary data in your /etc/fstab file so that the partition gets
mounted at boot time from now on (/etc/fstab format is self-explanatory).

Drop me a line if you have problems, or this procedure doesn't work out (be sure to
back up your files before doing this!).

Hope it works! :-)

-- Harmon


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