On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 09:24:59AM -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: > I would suggest that you do all this in single user mode, to begin with.
Debian's single-user mode ends up with everything mounted. It is safer to boot with a kernel command line of init=/bin/sh which bypasses all the init scripts (and init itself too) and just gives you a shell. You can manually run any initscripts you need (in the correct order with the "start" parameter), then get your partitions set up. > > And, once you have the 3 systems copied and fstab updated, reboot. I agree that a copy is safer than a move; perhaps e.g mv /var /oldvar so you have it just in case. > > Then, if all is well, you can remove the original directories on the > flash drive. > > If something unexpected happens, you should be able to boot to single > user mode again (if there was a boot problem, you may well be there or > in a busybox init shell, already), and work on it. init=/bin/sh is your friend. You can also install sash (stand-alone shell, sort of like busybox called as sash) and use init=/bin/sash. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
