Re: Adding more disk-space
Here's how I do it (it's not the only way):
mkdir newdir
cd olddir
find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmv newdir
This should replicate the whole tree with permissions and symlinks
intact. You have to do it as root, of course, to get ownweships to
replicate.
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 06:19:24PM +0100, Viggo wrote:
> Hi Debian-folks
> Finally got Debian running on my old 486/100, using a WDC 2540 hd (540
> Mb),
> at hda (hda1).
> /home is on an old Seagate 213 Mb (hdc).
> Running out of space, I've installed another WDC 2540 on hdd (hdb is the
> cd-rom).
> After figuring out the way around the 1024 cyl-limit (thanks to the
> Large-Disk-Howto), I've partitioned hdd with a linux-primary partition.
> Now i have two questions:
>
> Why does Linux only report 515 Mb, when the drive is supposedly 540 Mb?
> (linux using 524/32/63, drive physically 1048/16/63)
>
> Wanting to move /usr to the new hd, how would I go about it?
> I suppose I have to format(initialize?) and mount the drive, and then
> copy /usr with everything "beneath" it to the new hd? (Which is
> basically what I would have done back in the DOS-days...)
>
> I've looked at the man-pages for cp, but can't quite make out how to
> make it copy everything under /usr. The list-archives doesn't really
> give me much of a clue,
> either, though I suppose it must be a fairly common problem.
> Thanks for your patience with a *nix-newbie. I'm trying to learn, and
> I'll happily
> read any FM.
> Best Regards
> Vitux
>
>
>
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