On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:21:49AM -0800, Pilgrim wrote:
>I have all of Arch installed on a single partition right now. That
>happens to be /dev/hdb8 (10GB). I would like to move the /home
>directory to /dev/hdb7 (17GB). Both are formatted ext3. As I understand
>it, "dd", isn't the right tool for this, because I'm not moving a
>complete partition, right? So, my question is, is it as simple as doing
>a copy (cp -r /dev/hdb8/home /dev/hdb7), editing the fstab file, and
>then rebooting?

I like using cpio, maybe not the easiest tool to use. The Debian
Reference document has a whole chapter on copying directories:

 http://www.us.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-archiving

The one I use is 8.3.5:

 http://www.us.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s8.3.5

/M

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