Hi, I have not investigated all the postings ...
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I re-tried exactly the same thing, but with the same contents on both > HDDs (proved with a diff). I had to use > > # cp --recursive --update .[a-zA-Z0-9]* /mnt/mymnttosdc5 The root cause of problem is you used "cp --recursive --update * blh ...". Since things may have messed up somewhere, it is better to do it over. # cd /mnt/mymnttosdc5 # rm -rf * .* rm: cannot remove directory `.' rm: cannot remove directory `..' # cd # cp -a ./ /mnt/mymnttosdc5 # vim /etc/fstab ... set up mount for your new home for next boot # mount -t auto /dev/sdc5 /mnt/mymnttosdc5 Check how things are working. Of OK, reboot. Check how things are working again. > If the only way to make it is to use the symlink, no problem, but the > `cd'-related question still remains... Did you set up fstab. Read "man 8 mount". Also: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch09.en.html#_optimization_of_filesystem_by_mount_options http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch09.en.html#_data_storage_tips Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
