On 2013-05-06 14:46 (GMT-0400) Ken Schneider composed:
Lew Wolfgang wrote:
I've got a half-dozen 12.3 boxes at this point with a 100-MB boot partition. Can anyone suggest how to move the data in that partition to the root, which has plenty of space? I have a feeling that it's more than "cp -rp".
After booting the machine unmount /boot and mount to a temp mount point and then mv all the the contents from the new temp mount point to /boot. then simply unmount the temp mount point. I think you may need to run mkinitrd to change where the boot files are actually located. Any further booting will happen as though nothing has changed.
Moving /boot files among partitions impacts the bootloader. Without reconfiguring the bootloader before rebooting, I wouldn't expect further booting without a repair boot first. :-p Grub files needing updating after move or copy: /boot/grub/menu.lst, or /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, and /etc/grub.conf /etc/default/grub (for Grub2 only, IIRC, since I don't use Grub2) If bootloader has been installed to /boot, then it will need to be reinstalled. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org