Re: Moving /usr problem
On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 14:59:22 +0000, Fred Richards wrote:
> I've installed a new hard disk and decided to shift /usr.
>
> I've tried using tar but I get lots of error messages - symbolic links
> or something.
>
> When I unpack the file, amend fstab and reboot, the new /usr isn't
> picked up properly and I have to re-mount the old version.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
Do it like this:
(I'm assuming that your new filesystem is created and EMPTY and is on, for
the sake of the example, /dev/hdb1)
mkdir /mnt/usr
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/usr
cp -ax /usr /mnt
Oh, and:
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