pgeorges wrote:
>
> "David M. Kufta" a �crit :
> >
> > I have a clients machine that curently has a /usr mount point of /dev/hdb1
> > /dev/hdb1 2.0G 1.5G 527M 74% /usr
> > This client has a partition /dev/hdc1 which is currently mounted as /home2
> > /dev/hdc1 7.9G 32M 7.8G 0% /home2
> >
> > I would like to use /dev/hdc1 as /usr and know there is a cpio command
> > syntax that will allow me to move his current /usr from hdb1 to hdc1 which
> > has more available space and would better suit his needs, however the
> > command line syntax escapes me.
>
> What about (logged as root) :
>
> cp -a /usr /home2/
> mv /usr /usr.bak
> ln -svf /home2/usr /usr
> rm -rf /usr.bak
It is not a good idea to do it with cp. All the files permitions and
ownership would be lost.
Beside, non regular files would also cause trouble. I would do it like
this :
first make a backup of /home2 in /home/old.home2.tgz and clean /home2
tar cvzpf /home/old.home2.tgz /home2
rm -rf *
then transfer files from /usr to /home2
(cd /usr && tar cpf - .) | (cd /home2 && tar xvpf -)
mount the partitions as they should be mounted
umount /home2 /usr
mount /dev/hdc1 /usr
And then modify your /etc/fstab
And maybe it would not be a bad idea to do it in runlevel 1.
HTH
Flupke
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