Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-07 Thread G. Crimp
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 03:30:06PM +1000, Steven Farrier wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:49:28 -0400 > dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Boot without mounting /usr. Mount /usr somewhere else and 'mkdir > > /usr'. Then 'mv /other_mount/* /usr'. > > how do I boot without mounting /usr? ho

Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-06 Thread Sebastiaan
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Steven Farrier wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:49:28 -0400 > dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Boot without mounting /usr. Mount /usr somewhere else and 'mkdir > > /usr'. Then 'mv /other_mount/* /usr'. > > how do I boot without mounting /usr? how do I mount /usr som

Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 03:30:06PM +1000, Steven Farrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:49:28 -0400 > dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Boot without mounting /usr. Mount /usr somewhere else and 'mkdir > > /usr'. Then 'mv /other_mount/* /usr'. > > how do I boot withou

Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-05 Thread Steven Farrier
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:49:28 -0400 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boot without mounting /usr. Mount /usr somewhere else and 'mkdir > /usr'. Then 'mv /other_mount/* /usr'. how do I boot without mounting /usr? how do I mount /usr somewhere else. Steve

Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 09:49:36AM +1000, Steven Farrier wrote: | I have the / directory stored in /dev/hda2 and the /usr directory stored in /dev/hda3. My question, how would I move /usr to /dev/hda2 and vice-versa? Is speace an issue. What is the output of df -h

Moving Directories

2001-08-05 Thread Steven Farrier
I have the / directory stored in /dev/hda2 and the /usr directory stored in /dev/hda3. My question, how would I move /usr to /dev/hda2 and vice-versa?

Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-05 Thread dman
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 09:49:36AM +1000, Steven Farrier wrote: | I have the / directory stored in /dev/hda2 and the /usr directory | stored in /dev/hda3. My question, how would I move /usr to /dev/hda2 | and vice-versa? Boot without mounting /usr. Mount /usr somewhere else and 'mkdir /usr'. The

Re: moving directories to new partition

1996-12-18 Thread Richard Morin
> I am in need of some advice about how to go about moving some of the > directories off of my main partition and onto one I just made. > > /dev/hda4 is currently mounted / > /dev/hda8 is currently mounted /tmpmount > > I'd like to be able to move /home, /root, /lib, /bin, and a couple > othe

Re: moving directories to new partition

1996-12-17 Thread Simon Martin
Copying - I have used cp -a to good effect (transferring /usr amongst others), e.g. cp -a /home/. /tmpmount. CAUTION 1: When you mount a filesystem, the visible effects are mounting a directory tree structure, from the mount point down, so with only one filesystem (on /dev/hda) you CANNOT replace

Re: AW: moving directories

1996-12-17 Thread Jimmer ENDRES
Joost Kooij writes: > However, a couple of weeks ago I found a document on the web which I now = > cannot find back. It describes how to partition an approximate 1 = > gigabyte harddisk into multiple filesystems, including suggested sizes = > for each of the filesystems. The FHS document contains

AW: moving directories

1996-12-17 Thread Joost Kooij
Pete Templin wrote: >Given the discussion of moving directories and such, I'd like to >suggest a quick visit for any and all to > > www.pathname.com/fhs This is certainly excellent literature. However, a couple of weeks ago I found a document on the web which I now cann

Was: moving directories

1996-12-17 Thread Pete Templin
Hi all, Given the discussion of moving directories and such, I'd like to suggest a quick visit for any and all to www.pathname.com/fhs It's the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, and although it's most appropriate for developers, a lot of us can learn some neat

Re: moving directories to new partition

1996-12-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> I'd suggest that you consider putting more on your / partition (as opposed > to less as you propose) and then freeing up some space elsewhere. Something I find useful is to have a separate partition for local stuff, like home directories, /usr/local etc. I create a separate partition, then make

Re: moving directories to new partition

1996-12-16 Thread Boris D. Beletsky
Hi Richard, You wrote: Richard> Richard> I am in need of some advice about how to go about moving Richard> some of the directories off of my main partition and onto Richard> one I just made. Richard> Richard> /dev/hda4 is currently mounted / 8 is currently mounted Richard> /dev/hda/tmpmount

Re: moving directories to new partition

1996-12-16 Thread Pete Templin
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Richard Morin wrote: > I am in need of some advice about how to go about moving some of the > directories off of my main partition and onto one I just made. > > /dev/hda4 is currently mounted / > /dev/hda8 is currently mounted /tmpmount > > I'd like to be able to move /ho

Re: moving directories to new partition

1996-12-16 Thread Ioannis Tambouras
>I am in need of some advice about how to go about moving some of the >directories off of my main partition and onto one I just made. (1) from Tips-HOWTO: Quick way to move an entire tree of files from one disk to another (cd /source/directory && tar cf - . ) | (cd /dest/directory && tar xvfp -)

moving directories to new partition

1996-12-16 Thread Richard Morin
I am in need of some advice about how to go about moving some of the directories off of my main partition and onto one I just made. /dev/hda4 is currently mounted / /dev/hda8 is currently mounted /tmpmount I'd like to be able to move /home, /root, /lib, /bin, and a couple others over to /dev/

Re: Moving Directories

1996-07-25 Thread Andreas Wehler
: How about (assuming that you can rsh on the other-machine) ^^ : tar cfp - /from/where/it/starts | (rsh other-machine tar xvfp -) This rsh thing is very nice, ASSUMING THAT YOU CAN RSH ON THE OTHER-MACHINE. ---> rsh -l remote_use