On 12 Mar 2002, Shri Shrikumar wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 15:42, Franηois Chenais wrote:
> > And what happens if the /var/log and /var/run dirs that can change during
> > the tar ?
> >
> > Franηois
>
> Go into single user mode telinit 1 and then tar. I actually use cp -a
> which seems t
* Neal Lippman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
...
> 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 instead?
Tradition, portability. "cp -a" is a GNUism, there w
> George Karaolides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> >
> >
> > And transfer the data using tar:
> >
> > tar cplf - -C / var | tar xvf - -C /mnt
> >
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
* François Chenais ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> And what happens if the /var/log and /var/run dirs that can change during
> the tar ?
You may end up with a slightly b0rked system (but you knew that
already).
If your /var was on the root drive, you'll have to delete its
contents before mou
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 03:33:55PM +0200, George Karaolides wrote:
> That's it. Note that if /usr and /var were originally part of your root
> filesystem, the data will still be there but the new filesystem will be
> mounted on the top level directory so you won't see it. After you've
> successfu
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 04:42:37PM +0100, François Chenais wrote:
> And what happens if the /var/log and /var/run dirs that can change during
> the tar ?
That's my main disagreement with George's instructions. Go to
single-user mode _before_ you copy /var and /usr to the new drive
instead of aft
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 15:42, François Chenais wrote:
> And what happens if the /var/log and /var/run dirs that can change during
> the tar ?
>
> François
Go into single user mode telinit 1 and then tar. I actually use cp -a
which seems to preserve all the required attributes.
I have done
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 08:33, George Karaolides wrote:
> And transfer the data using tar:
>
> tar cplf - -C / var | tar xvf - -C /mnt
I would use rsync for this. It is faster and just all around
better(IMHO).
> Unmount the partition
>
> umount /mnt
>
> Mount the other one and do the same thin
And what happens if the /var/log and /var/run dirs that can change during
the tar ?
François
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:33:55 +0200 (EET)
George Karaolides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> You need to be root on your machine to do this.
>
> Make two partitions on the new dr
Hi Andrew,
You need to be root on your machine to do this.
Make two partitions on the new drive using
cfdisk /dev/
Then make a filesystem on each partition. Stick to the tried-and-tested
ext2, or go for one of the new journalling ones like ext3 or reiserfs, if
you're running a kernel recent e
Hi
My /var and /usr partitions have just run out of space and I was wondering
what is the best way to copy them to a new drive that has just been
installed.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Andrew
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