Hi, I do this procedure quite often.
My Linux machine has a partition JUST for building new LFS versions. Once that is finished, I them move everything over to other partitons. Having a separate /boot partition is useful. My pc is partitoned thus: hda1 = /boot (small < 100Mb EXT) hda2 = swap hda3 = / (~1Gb) hda5 = /usr (~6Gb) hda6 = /opt (~4Gb) hda7 = /home (~4Gb) hda8 = sources (~4Gb)(my source repository, normally mounted under /home) hda9 = /var (~1Gb) hda10 = lfs (~3Gb)(This partition is either / or /mnt/lfs depending on what I am doing) Once my LFS and other stuff (X, Apache, MySQL, PHP...) are complete on hda10. I then start to copy (not move) things across to their respective partitons. You can adjust /etc/fstab and copy just one partition at a time. Have both "systems" in grub so you can switch back and forth... I would recommend keeping /home on a separate partition so you keep all your settings and don't have to worry about copying. Just edit fstab to mount /home over lfs/home - if you see what I mean. I use cp -a and have not encountered any problems with moving files. Obviously you can't/don't want to move /proc /sys or /dev (if it is a new / partiton make the required entries in /dev before rebooting) Hope this helps. Alan LFS ID: 216 sunaram wrote: > when you are moving you should be more careful. see > that your boot loader is updated. like, you have to > setup ur grub in that root partition again. > i personally don't recommend it. > --- Jeremy Byron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Tom wrote: >> >>><snip> >>>I cant read that page its small ??? >> >>1) Move your mouse pointer into the middle of the >>focused browser window >>2) Hold CTRL >>3) Spin your mouse wheel (or tap + if you haven't >>one) >> >>Regards, >>Jeremy. >>-- >> > > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > >>FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>Unsubscribe: See the above information page >> > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
