On Du, 27 iul 14, 11:39:52, David Baron wrote:
> 
> The procedure would be simple and bulletproof:
> Copy / to new partition (what is the best way to do this, preserving symlinks 
> and other properties, not running afoul of /sys and such?).

rsync -ax

To minimize downtime you can take advantage of rsync's incremental copy 
feature and do a first run with the system running and a second one with 
both partitions mounted from some other system (e.g. a live CD).

Kind regards,
Andrei
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