Re: ext3 to ReiserFS (was Re: [Nolug] postfix, Maildir and non-$HOME delivery) from Ron Johnson on 2003-11-03 (nolugarchives)

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 18:16:05 -0600
Message-Id: <1067904965.21931.66.camel@haggis.homelan>

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 18:01, Alex wrote:
> > When I say "copy", this might be more involved than "cp -R". I moved a
> > partition once, and it wasn't fun. YMMV.
> >
> >
>
> cp -a (archive). see man page.
>
> Make sure the dot files make it through the transition.

Hey, wait!

How about:
# cd / && mv home home.hold
# umount /home
# mkreiserfs /dev/hdaX
# vi /etc/fstab
# mount /home
# mv home.hold home

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