Try: - create the new partition where you'll move /usr and mount it under some dir, eg. /new_usr - drop to single user mode - copy, do not move, /usr to /new_usr, eg. cp -pR /usr/* /new_usr (i think there are no dot-files right under /usr, so the above command should work OK and also preserve permissions.) This will also work (cd /usr && tar cf - . ) | (cd /new_usr && tar xvfp -) - change your /etc/fstab and add an entry to mount your new partition under /usr - move /usr to /usr_old - reboot -- Rafael Herrera Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience University of Pittsburgh http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~raffo -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/