Re: Transferring contents /home to new partition

[Mark Bishop <mark@vincent.silug.org>]

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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