Patrick Erler wrote:
>
> hello MANDRAKE!
>
> i'd like to add a new harddrive to my system and move some of the
> bigger directories to it. i have basically no problem with the
> operation but one thing.
>
> beside moving uncritical directories like /home i'd like to move my
> /var tree and /tmp
On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 10:49:32AM -0400, Hoyt wrote:
> It would be far simpler to boot to a floppy-based Linux
> like tomsrtbt to do the job.
If you suggest this, than my answer is: No! The simplest thing would be to
go to init level 1 and do all the moving around. And it's a lot faster than
b
- Original Message -
From: "Alexander Skwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Patrick Erler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "MANDRAKE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] new drive - moving director
On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 04:03:05PM +0200, Patrick Erler wrote:
> 1) cp -dpR /var /mnt/drive2
> 2) rm -rf /var
> 3) ln -s /mnt/drive2/var /
>
> what will happen between 2) and 3) when a daemon tries to write
> to the logs or the tmp dir?
If /var is just a normal directory, and not a mount point,
