On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 11:58, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> Vikram Goyal wrote:
> >>On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 14:55, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
> > I think cp -a is a better option. Also you may need to edit /etc/fstab
>
> better still:
> # cd /home
> # tar -cf - . |(cd /home.new; tar -xf -)
>
Or even b
Vikram Goyal wrote:
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 14:55, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
# cp -rp /home /home.new
I think cp -a is a better option. Also you may need to edit /etc/fstab
better still:
# cd /home
# tar -cf - . |(cd /home.new; tar -xf -)
Or use tar -xvf if you want to monitor the progres
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From: Michael Wardle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 03:32:15PM +1100
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Subject: Re: mounting /home somewhere else
> On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 14:55, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
>
> # cp -rp /home /home.new
I think cp
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 15:51, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
> ok that is good.
> what is init 1? why should i need to do this.
The manual page for init(1) would answer this question. ;-)
It is used to bring the system down to single user mode. In simple cases,
this is the best way to ensure
: mounting /home somewhere else
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 14:55, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
> how can i assign /home to be mounted in /dev/hda5 that is, inside the /.
> what i want is to use one partition for the lot (except the swap of
> course). how can i now do this with a minimum of fuss
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 14:55, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote:
> how can i assign /home to be mounted in /dev/hda5 that is, inside the /.
> what i want is to use one partition for the lot (except the swap of
> course). how can i now do this with a minimum of fuss and data loss.
You've used some inc
