Am Samstag, 21. März 2009 19:12:56 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/var /mnt/gentoo/var > > cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/usr /mnt/gentoo/usr > > Um, no. This gives you new usr and var directories like so: > > /usr/usr/ > /var/var > > You want: > > cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/var /mnt/gentoo/ > cp -a /mnt/gentoo/backup/usr /mnt/gentoo/
Oh, you're right on that, I just wrote "Yes" ;-) > > Is it a correct procedure? All partitions are ext3 type, no lvm2, > > moreover on /dev/md so I can not extend/shrink them while using... > > It's correct, and it also highlights just what a PITA it is to manipulate > traditional disk partitions. With lvm, this becomes a breeze. With ZFS (we > might see it one day) this becomes invisible. btrfs will be there in .29 (maybe not stable yet, but it looks promising). Bye... Dirk
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