On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:02:31 -0400, Joshua Murphy wrote: > 1) make backups and... 1.a) verify backups... consider this my > disclaimer... 2) mkdir /mnt/root-bind/ /mnt/usr-bind/ > 3) mount --bind / /mnt/root-bind/ > 4) mount --bind /usr/ /mnt/usr-bind/
4a) mount /usr -o remount,ro Makes sure nothing changes on /usr between starting the sync and rebooting. > 5) rsync --archive --hard-links --sparse --progress /mnt/usr-bind/ > /mnt/root-bind/usr/ > 6) edit fstab ... > 7) cross fingers and reboot ... > 8) rm -r /mnt/root-bind/ /mnt/usr-bind/ Create the temporary mounts points in /tmp and you save this step - since I added one, it is only fair to remove one to not increase the workload :) -- Neil Bothwick When companies ship Styrofoam, what do they pack it in?
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