On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:33:22 +1000, "Alan E. Davis" <lngn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wish to move the / partition, and separate /usr into a separate > partition. One reason is to take advantage of a faster 10,000 RPM drive > for > system files. > > I am stuck on one issue (at least): do I need to copy /sys to the new / > partition?
No need to copy /sys and /proc, they are virtual filesystems filled up by the kernel. You have also to copy /dev, but to do so, you have to reboot into a livecd, as the mounted /dev is filled in by udev in a running system. HTH. > Thank you for recent help with other issues. > > Alan > > You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but > when > you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... > So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing---that's what counts. > > ----Richard Feynman -- Xavier Parizet YaGB : http://gentooist.com GPG : DC81 6FEE 6EBE FCE4 1C18 202F E575 4A5D 036D 1408
