Tom wrote:
> How do I correctly move the root partition to another partition? Im also
> want to move /usr /var as well and probably /home
>
>
I've not tried this, but I think it should work.
Boot using something like this grub line:
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/lfskernel-1.2.3 root=/dev/hda4 init=/bin/bash
This will stop ANY bootscripts from running and leave you with / mounted
readonly and bash running as root.
Mount your previously prepared target root partition at, say, /mnt/temp,
read/write. And for each directory EXCEPT /mnt in /: cp -a /dir
/mnt/temp to copy the files (it'll take a while).
Edit /mnt/temp/etc/fstab to reflect the new situation.
You'll then need to reboot by hand ('cos /boot/grub/menu.lst is wrong)
and give grub a line like:
kernel (hd0,7)/boot/lfskernel-1.2.3 root=/dev/hda6
to point it at your new setup. Once it's up: edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to
reflect the new situation and re-setup grub according to the book.
As I say, I 'ain't tried it. Make sure you have a GRUB floppy or LiveCD
handy. (and wait to see if some clever person replies to this to point
out why I'm wrong)
R.
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