> How do I move files from an old parttion to a new one while > ensure all links (and things like that) are kept ?
One way to do this is to use tar: ( cd /old/location ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd /new/location ; tar xpf - ) > What is the command to format (initialise ?) a partition ? To create a file system use the appropriate command for the files system type, e.g. mke2fs for the "second extended files system" that is common in Linux. Beware: you will be erasing any data that currently exists in the partition! Use the mount command to mount the new partition and add an entry to /etc/fstab to automatically mount it at boot time. - MikeT -- Michael E. Touloumtzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>