on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 04:13:36PM -0300, GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI (YAPEDU@SIDERAR.COM) wrote: > Hi all. > > I have a new 12G hard drive to install in my server. > I'm using qmail, so Maidirs are in $HOME directories. I want to > use the new disk to mount /home. > > I want any sugestions about how to move the actual /home to the > new one, without having to worry about user permissions. > Is there any other way than simple tar/cp/untar or cp -rf? # partition drive as desired. I'll assume one primary data partition newdr=<appropriate new drive device and partition> mount -t $newdr /mnt cd home tar cvf - * | ( cd /mnt; tar xvf - ) umount /mnt mv /home /home-old mount -t $newdr /home ...will do it. Modify your /etc/fstab as appropriate. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry!! Boycott Adobe!! Repeal the DMCA!! http://www.freesklyarov.org
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