On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 03:20:33PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 10:01:35PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 01:41:11PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 14:36 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I recently tried to move /var to a new partition. Booted from some > > > > live cd, moved it and edited /etc/fstab to suit. Broke the machine > > > > as it wouldn't boot afterwards (in fact I recollect it booted but with > > [...] > > > Effectively you have to make sure you get everything. I > [...] > > > > > > So, what did you do to move it? (list of commands used, would be good) > > > > but in this case I think I used mv [...] > when I've done it in the past, I have tar'd the whole directory, cp'd > and untar'd it in the new location, change fstab and reboot. done. I > don't see why cp -a wouldn't work too... hmmm... maybe you've got some > other problem and this is just a symptom.
Yes, I think you must be right. I'll try it again when I get back to that machine, and see if I can learn more. [...] > > > > Really, I asked two questions mixed up together. The other is how to > > run makeinitrd, or anything else such as lilo or grub-install (or > > whatever the command is) in a chroot, when chrooting cuts you off from > > the /dev and /proc filesystems so that none of these commands will run. > > mount proc -t proc /mnt/chroot/proc > > check the debian install manual, there is information on installing > from another unix system and included there is how to install kernels > from the chroot. should be applicable here. Thanks to all for the various comments and advice on these two unconnected issues -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
