I quite like the approach suggested by Alan Cox: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.6
(cd /source/directory && tar cf - . ) | (cd /dest/directory && tar xvfp -) Used this when I was a sys-admin many times. If you have SMP and/or seperate physical disks it can be quicker. Mike. On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 08:21 -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? > > > Thanks for advice, > Pilgrim > > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
