On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Paul W. Abrahams wrote: <-]Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:49:47 -0500 <-]From: "Paul W. Abrahams" <-]Reply-To: abrahams@acm.org <-]To: suse-linux-e@suse.com <-]Subject: Re: [SLE] Creating partitions <-] <-]Nicolas Beaulieu wrote: <-] <-]> Don't use tar to do that... There is a simple trick to achieve what you <-]> want to do, assuming that your new partition is ready and can be used: <-]> <-]> mv /opt /opt_old <-]> mkdir /opt <-]> mount -t ext2 /dev/hd** /opt <-]> cp -dpR /opt_old/* /opt/. <-]> rm -rf /opt_old <-] <-]Did you know that cp -a <whatever> is equivalent to cp -dpR <whatever>? <-] Yes I knew that. I've simply learnt that way. I can't forget these old memories... :) Thank you for the advice anyway <:{) -- 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/

It's my intention to create a /boot partition and install LILO in the boot section of the /bot partition. So far I haven't had much success. I realize that things tend to get trickier when messing around with the boot partition. How should I tackle this problem? On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, you wrote:

What I've done with success: create partiton/format and add entry into /etc/fstab mv /opt /opt_orig mkdir /opt mount -t ext2 /dev/hdxy /opt cp -a /opt_orig/* /opt/. rm -rf /opt_orig I've never had a problem with the -a option on cp. Terry Eck

Yatsen Ng wrote:

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Hi there,

Let's say I want to create additional partitions as subdirectories. For example '/opt' Are these the correct steps I need to take?

Create new partition and set mount point /opt restart umount /opt tar czvf opt.tgz opt mv opt opt.orig mkdir opt mount /opt tar xzvf opt.tgz

Another question: I remember someone mentioning something tricky about using Partition Magic. What's the deal with that?

Thanks, -- Yatsen Ng yatsen.ng@brunel.nl Den Haag, The Netherlands

It said "Needs Windows 95 or better". So I installed Linux...

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If you were able to follow the idea of making the /opt partition making the /boot is similar. This might be difficult on an existing system unless you have a way of carving out a couple of meg within the first 1024cyls on the drive. If you do have a few cylinders below 1024 free, follow the same formula used for making /opt a partition. Once /boot is mounted as a single partition you will have to edit /etc/lilo.config and rerun /sbin/lilo. Please expand on what problems you are having. Yatsen Ng wrote:

It's my intention to create a /boot partition and install LILO in the boot section of the /bot partition. So far I haven't had much success. I realize that things tend to get trickier when messing around with the boot partition. How should I tackle this problem?

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