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Re: Transferring contents /home to new partition




You missed the mark, my friend, in the interpretation. Basically, I fully
understand how to copy the contents of one directory to another, my
question revolves around transferring (physically) the contents of /home
from /dev/hdb2 to /dev/hdb3. The 'cp' command will not aid me in this
transition.

											Tony

At 11:31 PM 11/18/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>cp -a <olddir> <newdir>
>is one way of many
>
>
>On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 tskinner@globaleyes.net wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> 	I have installed linux onto to a single partition (yes I know, a major
>> no-no). Anyways, I am wanting to add more space to linux system by simply
>> repartitioning my working dos partition into 2 parts. I was wondering how I
>> can take the newly gained partition and transfer the contents of /home from
>> the original linux partition to my newly formed partition? The reason I ask
>> this question is because Linux (or Unix in general) interprets multiple
>> partitions as one fixed disk (at least from the standpoint of typing 'ls'
>> from the root directory). Any ideas, hints or tips would be greatly
>> appreciated!
>> 
>> 								Tony
>> 
>> 
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