On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:59:22PM +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?

I've had good luck with cpio:
cd /usr
find | cpio -p /newusr

Bijan
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