-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, AJ wrote:
> can anyone tell me the best way to do this? > i was thinking among the lines of: > tar -vcf home.tar /home/ > rm -rf /home/ > mkdir /home > mount /dev/hdb3 /home > tar -xvf home.tar That will work, but here's a slightly nicer way to do it: mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt cp -ax /home/* /mnt rm -rf /home/* umount /mnt mount /dev/hdb3 /home Read the man page for cp to understand how the -ax is helpful. > will that work? > then what files would i have to edit besides /etc/fstab? well plz let me > know remember i wanna keep all permissions and that in tact, Just /etc/fstab. hth, noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNosRNIdCcpBjGWoFAQHmzwP5Ac02WgSh8V7TnHCGAC7XkT1DLJPqdEzf cl50kYHK1iQ6kkNDoRlQgZB6XsAsgYfXhQe/IVPF44fAI97wgRV8/dyRUz+RnLCY 2XQ9gYvrp0lqLz/Sobq0noxGXUVNXLjohuDc6zhxL8S4vKCutS+VODqFabZv+9uj nRWWH7qdueU= =0kft -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
