Alexander Kushnirenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Symbolic links are just names of files. If the path of the
> > destination stays the same (/usr is still /usr, even though the
> > mount table is different) you shouldn't have problems just using
> > cp. But I haven't done this before in truth.
Subject: Re: Moving partition
Date: Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 11:01:03PM -0400
In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> >> In fact, my problem is : How do I move files from an old parttion to a new
> >one while
> >
>> In fact, my problem is : How do I move files from an old parttion to a new
>one while
>> ensure all links (and things like that) are kept ?
>
This is the way I've done it dozens of times...its from the days prior to
cp having the correct attributes to do it correctly, and maintain last
access t
Alexander Kushnirenko hat gesagt: // Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 08:49:46AM +0100, root wrote:
> > > I already have different partitions for / , /var , /home , /usr.
> > > In fact, my problem is : How do I move files from an old parttion to a
> > > new one while
> > >
Hi,
just a comment
> On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 08:49:46AM +0100, root wrote:
> > I already have different partitions for / , /var , /home , /usr.
> > In fact, my problem is : How do I move files from an old parttion to a new
> > one while
> > ensure all links (and things like that) are kept ?
> How do I move files from an old parttion to a new one while
> ensure all links (and things like that) are kept ?
One way to do this is to use tar:
( cd /old/location ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd /new/location ; tar xpf - )
> What is the command to format (initialise ?) a partition ?
To create a file
On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 08:49:46AM +0100, root wrote:
> I already have different partitions for / , /var , /home , /usr.
> In fact, my problem is : How do I move files from an old parttion to a new
> one while
> ensure all links (and things like that) are kept ?
Symbolic links are just names of f
I already have different partitions for / , /var , /home , /usr.
In fact, my problem is : How do I move files from an old parttion to a new one
while
ensure all links (and things like that) are kept ?
What is the command to format (initialise ?) a partition ?
Thanks
Franck
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 1
>
>You could also make a new partition and mount it as /home, or /usr, or
>some such.
>
Glad to hear that suggestion as that is precisely what I would do!
Actually, I never put it all on one partition anyway. Old habits
are hard to break. I like to get /var and /home OFF the root if
possible, a
On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 09:16:37AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have no more space left on my /dev/hda2 partition which is mounted on /
> I have a swap partition /dev/hda3
> I can create a bigger partition (say /dev/hdb7) to temporary move my root
> directory. I also can
> create a new
beta test
Hank Fay wrote:
>
> I checked with PM tech, and they confirmed this. They can recognize and I
> think create; but that's it.
>
> Hank
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ed Cogburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 19
I checked with PM tech, and they confirmed this. They can recognize and I
think create; but that's it.
Hank
-Original Message-
From: Ed Cogburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 11:37 AM
To: Debian Users
Subject: Re: moving partition boundries???
Rich
Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
>
> I thought I saw an option for this in fdisk along the way, but now i can't
> find it. Now that I've moved about 40 floppies over by hand (no network
> card), I've found that if I set up a hibernation file in dos, the hardware
> will automatically use it. So I'd
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