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Re: [PLUG] Moving /usr to a new partition properly
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 11:08:56PM -0500, Barry Spindler wrote:
> cp -a /usr/* /mnt/new_part
Actually, I'd say just leave the * off. If there are any dot-files, it
would miss them.
> This will copy all files (and directories) under /usr, preserving
> permissions, ownership, and symlinks. Then umount the new partition.
> Change fstab to point the new partition to /usr, move /usr out of the way,
> and mount the new partition to /usr. That should be it.. you shouldn't have
> reboot for this :)
IMO, it'd be wise to switch to single-user mode first. :)
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