On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 07:35:39AM -0800, Ron wrote:
>
>Entirely Linux. I am selling off all my Microsuck windblows software and going
>100% Linux.
>
OK, in that case it's pretty easy. Assuming you already have linux running
on the machine, you would start up cfdisk, and select the hardware drive
where the new partition will go. It will list any partitions on the disk.
You can remove old windoze partitions and create new linux partitions. After
you save and quit from cfdisk, you will run mkfs on the hardware partition
you have made. Finally, you will have to decide where it will be mounted
on the filesystem tree - /usr/X11R6 or something. Edit /etc/fstab to include
an entry for the new hardware partition mounted on the appropriate part of
the filesystem tree. After this, you will need to copy over the existing
files to the new place. Mount the new partition on /mnt, cd to the directory
at the top of the hierarchy you are going to mount on the new partition; for
example, if you are going to mount /usr/X11R6 on the new partition, cd to
/usr/X11R6. Then give the command:
# tar cf - . | (cd /mnt ; tar xvpf -)
This will run for a while, copying the files to the new partition. When you
reboot, watch the boot messages; you should get an announcement about the
new partition being mounted on the appropriate part of the tree. Make sure
that your files are intact.
If you don't have linux on the machine, then just run the linux install
process, and include the target drive in the install process' disk prep.
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