James Knott wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> The Monday 2007-06-18 at 07:13 +0200, Jon Clausen wrote: >> >> >>> cp -a /mnt/* /home/ >>> >> I prefer rsync: >> >> rsync -av /mnt/ /home/ >> >> It maintains stamps. It can be halted and restarted without copying what >> already exists. >> >> > I thought "cp -a" preserved time stamps. Take a look at the -p option, > which -a includes. > > Try this. I have used it for years.
Log out of X Change to a tty CTL-ALT-F2 Log In as root init 3 cd / mkdir home1 cd home find ./* -xdev | cpio -pdmv /home1/ umount /home cd / rmdir /home (it is now an empty directory) mv /home1 /home edit /etc/fstab to remove mounting of /dev/xxx to /home. init 5 You should be up and running. Ed Harrison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
