Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-12 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > I also cannot evaluate the real impact the position of the /-partition > on the harddisk has on system performance. I read about it years ago > and since than I always put the partitions always in the sequence of > "boot","swap","root","home" onto the harddisks. May b

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [10-09-12 04:13]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > I think there is some misunderstanding: > > > > Before migration to 64bit: > > > > /dev/sda3 is mounted on / and contains the 32bit Gentoo > > > > /dev/sda10 is mounted on /home/mcc/migration and will contain the > > stuff of

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > I think there is some misunderstanding: > > Before migration to 64bit: > > /dev/sda3 is mounted on / and contains the 32bit Gentoo > > /dev/sda10 is mounted on /home/mcc/migration and will contain the > stuff of the 64bit Gentoo > > After migration I will *not* mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread meino . cramer
Mark Knecht [10-09-11 20:40]: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM, wrote: > > >> > >> Why not mount /dev/sda10 as root and be done with it.? No need to move > >> anything. > > > >  ...because data access at the outer partitions are faster than those > >  in the middle... > > > > OK, assuming it

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM, wrote: >> >> Why not mount /dev/sda10 as root and be done with it.? No need to move >> anything. > >  ...because data access at the outer partitions are faster than those >  in the middle... > OK, assuming it's really measurable in real life, but I'll point out

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread meino . cramer
Mark Knecht [10-09-11 17:08]: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:19 AM, wrote: > > > I think there is some misunderstanding: > > > > Before migration to 64bit: > > > > /dev/sda3 is mounted on / and contains the 32bit Gentoo > > > > /dev/sda10 is mounted on /home/mcc/migration and will contain the > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:19 AM, wrote: > I think there is some misunderstanding: > > Before migration to 64bit: > > /dev/sda3 is mounted on / and contains the 32bit Gentoo > > /dev/sda10 is mounted on /home/mcc/migration and will contain the > stuff of the 64bit Gentoo > > After migration I wil

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:08:49 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > I would mount -o bind / /mnt/binroot and cp -a or > something /mnt/bindroot to the 32bit-/, so you don't copy things > as /proc and /dev as well. Or use the -x option with cp, although I prefer to use rsync -ax for this type of thing. -

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [10-09-11 12:08]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > I plan to "convert" (==reinstall) my system to be 64bit. > > Since I have an already working and configure 32bit Gentoo- > > system I would like to do the migration as follows: > > > > Create another / partition somwhere on my h

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > I plan to "convert" (==reinstall) my system to be 64bit. > Since I have an already working and configure 32bit Gentoo- > system I would like to do the migration as follows: > > Create another / partition somwhere on my harddisk > Install/Create a new 64bit Gentoo roo

[gentoo-user] Moving / around...

2010-09-11 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I plan to "convert" (==reinstall) my system to be 64bit. Since I have an already working and configure 32bit Gentoo- system I would like to do the migration as follows: Create another / partition somwhere on my harddisk Install/Create a new 64bit Gentoo root there. If everything works fine: