On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 08:33, George Karaolides wrote: <snip> > And transfer the data using tar: > > tar cplf - -C / var | tar xvf - -C /mnt I would use rsync for this. It is faster and just all around better(IMHO).
> Unmount the partition > > umount /mnt > > Mount the other one and do the same thing for /usr: > > mount /dev/<partition> > tar cplf - -C / usr | tar xvf - -C /mnt > umount /mnt <snip> -- -Peace kid Scott Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "God's the ultimate playa, so naturally He's going to have some haters," rapper Ice Cube said. "But these haters need to realize that if you mess with the man upstairs, you will get your ass smote. True dat."
