On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Igor Grobman wrote: > I've recently installed Debian distribution. I really like it, so I'd > like to get rid of my old slackware install, and make the Slackware > and Debian partition into one. Is there a program out there that > would do it.
why not just reformat the slackware partition with mke2fs and mount it as /usr or /home or something? you don't use braindead drive letters like C: and D: under unix - you can mount any partition to anywhere in the file system hierarchy you like....need more space on /home? easy, just install a new drive, format it, transfer the old files over, and mount it as /home. you don't even need to reboot. if you're extremely careful and know exactly what you're doing and have a good understanding of how your system works (e.g. what programs are running and what files they have open) you can even do it without dropping to single-user mode (not recommended for novices!!) if you do this, you'll have to transfer the files on /home or /usr to the newly formatted partition before you actually mount it. something like, for example: # WARNING: IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS DOING THEN # RESEARCH IT FIRST. LACK OF UNDERSTANDING CAN SCREW UP YOUR SYSTEM. # DO NOT JUST BLINDLY RUN SCRIPTS WHICH SOME COMPLETE STRANGER OFF THE # NET GIVES YOU. # # first mount the partition to a temporary mountpoint # XXX = the partition's device node, e.g. /dev/hda2 mount /dev/XXX /mnt # then copy the files to it cd /usr tar cf - . | (cd /mnt ; tar xf -) # unmount it umount /mnt # move the old usr subdirectory out of the way for now. # you can 'rm -rf /usr.old' later when you're sure everything's # working cd / mv usr usr.old # mount the new partition as /usr mkdir usr mount /dev/XXX /usr Remember to add an entry to /etc/fstab so that the /usr partition is mounted at boot time. > I have Partition Magic, but it refuses to touch Linux partitions... not surprising...it's a dos program. Craig -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
