On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Karel Bemelmans wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Gevaerts Frank wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 08:37:28 +0200 (MET DST)
> > From: Gevaerts Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Karel Bemelmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: Robert Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> linux newbie mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: File system conversion (was: Re: Zipslack, LILO, UMSDOS)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Karel Bemelmans wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Gevaerts Frank wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:31:03 +0200 (MET DST)
> > > > From: Gevaerts Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: Robert Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: File system conversion (was: Re: Zipslack, LILO, UMSDOS)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Robert Pepper wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > Create the linux partitions you need/want when you install linux.
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is I've already installed Linux using the Zipslack
> > > > > distribution. Linux is therefore running on a DOS partition, which is
> > > > > accessed via UMSDOS. I load Linux with loadlin.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to convert this DOS partition to a native Linux
> > > > > partition, and how would I do that?
> > > > >
> > > > My guess is that you would need to make a new Linux partition, format it,
> > > > and then copy everything over. (Be careful with the cp options, I once did
> > > > this and ended up with all files owned by root, no other user couldlogin
> > > > anymore)
> > >
> > > Also, all symbolic links will become full duplicates of the original
> > > files. This way, you can run pretty quick out of hd space. (eg. the
> > > /usr/src/linux and /usr/src/linux-2.x.yy directories)
> >
> > Not if you use the -d (--no-dereference) option.
> > To copy an entire system:
> > cp -dpR
>
> And what with /proc and /dev then ?
>
/proc and /dev should be rebuilt. /proc is not a problem, it is just an
empty directory, and /dev can be rebuilt using MAKEDEV.
Frank
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> Karel
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> Karel Bemelmans, Narfum Inc.
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