Can I put /home to a nother partition

g-string 3 · 08-23-2005, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matir
You probably didn't do the copy in a manner that preserves permissions = bad.

Now I know.

Matir · 08-23-2005, 09:42 AM

Everything is a learning experience.

g-string 3 · 08-23-2005, 12:56 PM

I am not able to run "root:/usr # cp -rp *.* /mnt/new_usr".

I want to have only the content of /usr copied to /mnt/new_usr.

It seems the good old DOS command "*.*" does not work in linux.

What do you do in such a case?

Matir · 08-23-2005, 01:29 PM

most files in /usr do not contain a period. What you are doing would only copy file names containing a period. why not just:

Code:

cp -Rp /usr/ /mnt/new_usr

g-string 3 · 08-23-2005, 01:41 PM

I have to think about it

g-string 3 · 08-23-2005, 01:57 PM

g-string 3 · 08-24-2005, 03:39 PM

What do you think about this?

# su
# (in fstab) /dev/hda7 /mnt/new_usr defaults 0 0
# cp -rp /usr/ /mnt/new_usr/
# umount /mnt/new_usr/
# rm -r /usr
# (in fstab) /dev/hda7 / defaults 0 0
# reboot

Matir · 08-24-2005, 04:07 PM

Use a LiveCD.

g-string 3 · 08-24-2005, 04:11 PM

And then this should work?

Shall I use a LiveCD to be able to delete the old /usr directory safely?

rpz · 08-24-2005, 04:35 PM

You should definitely have a livecd ready in case something goes wrong. A lot of really important stuff is in /usr and if this does not mount correctly you're in trouble.
Also, I think you want to do
# (in fstab) /dev/hda7 /usr defaults 0 0
in your code above. (/usr instead of /)

And make sure the partitions are large enough this time

Always make them twice as large as you think would be enough.

g-string 3 · 08-24-2005, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rpz
Also, I think you want to do
# (in fstab) /dev/hda7 /usr defaults 0 0
in your code above. (/usr instead of /)

The correct handling of the /usr directory is a major problem for (to) me. (off-topic: Would you say "problem to me" or "for me"?)

I did cp -rp /usr/ /mnt/new_usr
so I have a folder usr in my /mnt/new_usr at the moment

# (in fstab) /dev/hda7 /usr defaults 0 0
would result in having /usr/usr/, wouldn't it?

Please correct if I am wrong

What do you think about the time I chose for umounting the drive, is it important at all?

rpz · 08-24-2005, 05:55 PM

No, you should not copy /usr INTO /mnt/new_usr, because that would leave you with a non-empty mountpoint (/). You can not mount two filesystems at the same mountpoint AFAIK.