* Roderick A. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001016 11:38] wrote:
> Typically when I want to place a database on a different partition I
> create it then copy all the stuff from the new databases directory(s) to
> the new partition followed by a mount. I check things out and then
> unmount the partition remove all the stuff in the database directories,
> remount, and then update /etc/fstab for the system.
>
> Seems to work but it is a kludgy method to do it. What I'd like to do
> is mount the partition before doing a createdb.
>
> Will this work with 7.1? (I'm writing up some instructions that I'd like
> to not have to change later.)
huh? How are you copying to an unmounted partition?
Afaik you need the device node to be mounted before you can write to
it.
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