[Gllug] Moving partitons

[Adam Bower]

Jim Bailey wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Could some one advise me as to the best way to move /home to a new
> partiton.

(as root)

mkdir /mnt/newhome
mkdir /mnt/oldhome
mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/newhome
cd /home
find . -print0 -xdev | cpio -pdmv /mnt/newhome
umount /home
umount /mnt/newhome
mount /dev/sdc1 /home
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/oldhome

ta-daa!

Adam



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