> George Karaolides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > <snip> > > > > And transfer the data using tar: > > > > tar cplf - -C / var | tar xvf - -C /mnt > > <snip>
I recently did something similar, moving my personal files to a new HD so that I can mount the entire drive (partitioned as one big drive) to /home/nl for my personal files. Interestingly, because I now have an entire ext2fs file system mounted as my home directory, I now have a lost+found directory in my home directory. Not, obviously, a big problem, just something to keep in mind. One thing I wondered about, though. You are using the technique of taring up the entire directory tree and then untaring it into the target partition. Why not just use cp -a <source> <target> instead? N
