On 9/7/07, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John Pierce wrote: > > Hello, I have created a new partition labeled usr01 and I want to copy > > all of the contents of /usr to that partition and then use it as the > > new partition. This is the steps that I have taken, I would > > appreciate any comments if what I propose will function correctly. > > > > Installed new drive > > > What new drive? > > made partition labeled usr01 > > mounted new partition on /mnt > > cd /usr > > cp -R --preserve=all * /mnt > > > > > I would use cp -a and that works fine -a is like -dpR this means --preserve=link and --preserve=mode, ownership,timestamps --preserve=all copies all of the attributes above and the rest of them whatever they are (maybe some ACL's attributes) > > That is what I have done so far, now if I do the following will the > > system boot up and work correctly? > > > > umount /mnt > > edit /etc/fstab and make the new partition /dev/sdb1 mount to /usr > > reboot. I think it should boot if the copy has been done properly. > > > > > Your leaving out some important steps. I am not sure what your rebooting? He's rebooting the system, of course. What steps do you mean? > > > > -- > > Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI > Linux User > #450462 http://counter.li.org. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >