moving /usr to another partition

[Scott E. Campbell]

On July 5, 2004 02:42 pm, you wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Diskspace is running low, so I'd like to move my /usr to another
> disk. I was told that cp -Rv is not a good idea and i should use
> dump instead. The problem is: That disk is big and half-full and
> I don't want to empty it. Is it possible  to let restore work to
> a directory instead of a disk? Im not sure after reading the man
> page, google doesnt know either and I dont want to find out "the
> hard way". So i guessed it couldn't hurt to ask...
>
> If you have any hints or alternatives, please let me know!
>

I use "dump 0aLf - /usr | restore xf -"  which will dump the usr slice into 
wherever you are at the moment.  If you are not using "current" then don't 
use the "L" option since last I saw 4.x didn't have the option of the 
snapshot of a live file system.

Others will let you know if there is a better way

Scott

> cya,
> Kosta
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Scott E. Campbell
Systems Administrator
Greater Victoria Public Library
Victoria, BC