Just being nit picky:) 'cp -a' is sufficient -a contains -R
from the man page --
-a, --archive
Preserve as much as possible of the structure and
attributes of the original files in the copy. The
same as -dpR.
hth,
kent
Taupter wrote:
>
> > My question is: what else do I need to do to move /usr onto a new partition
> > and have Linux boot properly? I re-read the HOWTOs and can't find any
> > mention of anything other than what I tried. Help!
>
> cp -Ra /usr /your/target
>
> It would help. I dit it some days to update some of my disks (Debian is
> installed in more than one disk). Worked fine.
>
> Claudio
>
