Re: Swapping /usr and /

["Michael B. Taylor" <mtaylor@vorticity.engr.utk.edu>]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:09:35PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After install potato on my laptop, I realize that I would like to swap the
> partitions for /usr and / .. any idea how I can do this safely?  I managed
> to swap /home and /usr with little hassle but I'm kinda more concerned
> about / and /usr.
> 
You probably need to boot with a completly independent rescue disk(s).
That way, you are just copying files, not doing surgery on a running 
system.  Also, make sure you understand how to run lilo via chroot
before you try this.

Mike