On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 11:38:26AM -0500, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2013-12-04 3:43 AM, Linda Walsh <rs...@tlinx.org> wrote: > >I'd do it with the system *up*, and, as someone else suggested, copy > >/usr to /usr.tmp (assuming you are moving from /usr to the root fs. > > > >For that matter, is there a reason not to give "cp" a try" > > > >mkdir /usr.tmp && cp -ax /usr/. /usr.tmp/. > > Ok, so, after much googling and reading and digesting the responses > here and on the gentoo list, > I've decided that it is going to be much simpler than I initially > thought, and hopefully totally painless. > > What I'm planning on doing is simply: > > 1. cd / > > 2. mkdir /tmp-usr > > 3. Copy current /usr to temp directory > > cp -ax /usr/. /tmp-usr/. > or > rsync -avHP --numeric-ids /usr//tmp-usr/ > > 4. Reboot into single user mode > > 5. Confirm /usr is empty (since it isn't mounted), then > > 6. rm -r /usr > > 7. mv tmp-usr usr > > 8. mkdir old-usr > > 8. edit /etc/fstab, comment out this line: > > #/dev/vg/usr /usr reiserfs noatime 0 0 > > 9. Reboot > > Hopefully everything comes up and just works... :) > > Thanks to all >
I would keep a LiveCD or USB-stick with LiveCD handy, in case you make a mistake. But yes, that should be possible on most Linux distributions. > -- > > Best regards, > > */Charles/* > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
