Felix Miata said the following on 04/22/2011 06:29 PM:
On 2011/04/22 17:03 (GMT-0400) Anton Aylward composed:
Lets do this in parts. I can create a new primary partition starting at 157 in which to put the root. How can I copy root? I can't simply copy using rsync because of /dev and /proc and /sys ....
Do it booted from a live CD,
Check :-)
but before rebooting from the HD, run tune2fs -U random -L yourchoiceofpartitionlable on one of those root partitions if you've cloned it with dd or equivalent. In any event, give it a label, and use labels in fstab and menu.lst instead of device names or those awful long /dev/disk/by-gobbledegookyaddayadda names.
Good idea. Easier to type as well. BootFS RootFS hey! Easy to confuse ... OBTW: How do I give a short label to a swap ? It is currently /dev/disk/by-id/ata-IC25N080ATMR04-0_MRG41YK4J5NL5H-part2 in the menu.lst -- Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas A. Edison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org