[lug] adding a new disk to a system

[Hugh Brown]

cp doesn't deal well with links and it is not as effecient as some of the
other methods.

It has failed me, which is why I opted for the tar method first.

Hugh

"Rob Riggs"
> 
> I've always used 'cp -a <src> <dest>'. It's short, sweet and easy to 
> remember. And it has never failed me.
> 
> Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> >I have a system that I added a new disk to and I want to move /home/samba
> >to be on this new disk.  I also want to move /var to the new disk.
> >
> >The new disk has two partitions /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb5
> >
> >I tried the following:
> >
> >init 1
> >mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/var
> >mount /dev/sdb5 /mnt/samba
> >cd /var
> >tar -cf - *|(cd /mnt/var; tar -xf -)
> >cd /home/samba
> >tar -cf - *|(cd /mnt/samba; tar -xf -)
> >umount /mnt/var
> >umount /mnt/samba
> >mount /dev/sdb1 /var
> >mount /dev/sdb5 /home/samba
> >init 3
> >
> >The server is doing file serving and print serving for about 7 windows
> >ME/2000 clients.  After it gets back to run level 3, the printing no longer
> >works and a program which functions as a resume database claims that its
> >database is in need of rebuilding.
> >
> >/var/log/messages doesn't have anything interesting in it.
> >
> >What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >Hugh
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System Administrator/Unix Consultant
hugh at vecna.com
Vecna Technologies, Inc
6525 Belcrest Rd, Suite 612
Hyattsville MD, 20782
301.864.7253
http://www.vecna.com