Re: Copying only root directory

1998-08-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Randy Edwards wrote: : Until I get to the root partition, that is. I've been through a : half-dozen books reading up on cp and dd and various commands and I : can't come up with a way to copy only the subdirectories on my 64 meg / : partition to the new / partition. I kn

Copying only root directory

1998-08-13 Thread Randy Edwards
I've got a simple question. I'm in the process of switching from a 2.5 GB HD to a 4.3 GB drive. I have my Linux box set up with a 64 meg / partition, a 700 meg /usr, and separate /tmp, /home, and /var (etc.) partitions. Okay, so I partition my new drive with the various sized partitions that I w