[ale] moving partitions
Byron A Jeff
byron at cc.gatech.edu
Mon Sep 17 15:38:04 EDT 2001
>
> I need to move two partitions, / and /usr, from one
> physical drive to another. Is there an easy way to do
> this?
'cp -a' is your friend. It'll copy links, sockets, fifos, and device files
intact. It'll retain ownership and timestamps. It basically clones a filesystem
to a new spot.
Check it out.
BAJ
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