On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 12:52:48AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > -----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/*
NOTE: You can mount the new home over the old one to test it before you go and rm the old home dir. > 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----- > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AOL/IM: jim foltz
