Re: [PLUG] Moving /usr to a new partition properly

["Michael Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

From: "Barry Spindler" <archmage@i-o-r.net>

> After formatting and mounting the new partition do
>
> cp -a /usr/* /mnt/new_part
>
> This will copy all files (and directories) under /usr, preserving
> permissions, ownership, and symlinks. Then umount the new partition.

Ah. Didn't know about that switch; thanks.

> Change fstab to point the new partition to /usr, move /usr out of the way,

By "move /usr out of the way", I presume you mean something like "mv /usr
/old_usr"?

> and mount the new partition to /usr. That should be it.. you shouldn't
have
> reboot for this :)

Thanks.



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