Sorry this is a bit long, but I'm still confused... On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:20:11 -0500, Brian E. Ermovick wrote:
>I've remapped partitions or even upgraded across drives just by using >cp - mke2fs the new drive (assuming the partition is large enough to >hold all the data), then: > >mount /dev/hdxx /mnt >mkdir /mnt/mnt >mkdir /proc/mnt > >cp -av /bin /mnt >cp -av /sbin /mnt >cp -av /usr /mnt >cp -av /home /mnt >cp -av /dev /mnt Let me get this straight.. I am in the position of having to transfer my entire system to a new drive. I will have to mount it initially as hdc. So I should mke2fs, and create swap, root, usr, and var partitions on the new drive (I assume under new names, like /newswap), as: hdc2 becomes root hdc3 becomes swap hdc4 becomes usr hdc5 becomes var hdc6 (maybe) becomes something else and then (literally) the next commands are: mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt mkdir /mnt/mnt mkdir /proc/mnt cp -av /bin /mnt cp -av /sbin /mnt cp -av /usr /mnt cp -av /home /mnt cp -av /dev /mnt or are you using /mnt to refer to the new mountpoint (is this the right name to call it? I'm still pretty new at this), so it should be: mount /dev/hdc2 /newroot mkdir /newroot/mnt mkdir /proc/mnt et cetera... If I don't want to rename everything /newswap, /newroot, etc. (at least permanently), how do I do this? I assume if I move the hard drive to a new location, I need to boot from a floppy and rewrite /etc/fstab to alter the assignments. Can I do this to rename the partitions? TIA Cam Cam Ellison, Ph.D., R.Psych. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From the lovely Sunshine Coast, where it only SEEMS to rain.