Re: partition question

[<frleg@infonie.fr>]

The first thing is to ensure you copy all the files AND links. This can be done using the -a
command in cp.

You don't have to change the name of your partitions (in fact, it does nothing).
If you have 2 partitions mounted on /usr and /bkup

/dev/hda1  >  /usr
/dev/hda2  >  /bkup

You just have to umount this partitions and remount /dev/hda2 with /usr.
This can be done using the mount/umount commands or by editing the /etc/fstab file.

If things don't work anymore after the changes, you can go back to the first configuration.

Franck

>> 
>> 
>> I have a linux partition that is running out of space.  I have another
>> partition on the drive that used to be NT, I toasted that partition and
>> created another linux partition.  I would like to put everthing under
>> /usr on the other partition.  I mounted it as /bkup.  I tried to go
>> under /usr and do a cp -rf * /bkup as root.  I was then going to change
>> the name of /usr to /usr.bak and change /bkup to /usr to test it.  I ran
>> into some errors.  One in particular mentioned a circular symbolic
>> link.  I stopped at this point, because I don't want to make a huge
>> mistake.
>> 
>> 
>> So, does anyone know the correct method for doing this?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Wes
>> 
>> 
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