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On 03/12/13 12:34, Jc García wrote: |
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> 2013/12/2 William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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>> You are looking far too deep .... |
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>> just rsync -avP to /newusr |
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> +1 |
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> I have done this more or less the same way |
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>> reboot to livecd |
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>> rsync again with --delete to update ... takes a only few seconds this |
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>> time - minimal downtime :) |
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>> mv /usr /oldusr |
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>> mv /newusr /usr |
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>> reboot |
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> Let's make this thread more interesting, would it be possible to do |
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> this without a reboot? ie: going single user mode, kill anything that |
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> might still be running from usr, umount /usr, mount it to /mnt, rsync |
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> -avP to usr, going again into runlevel 3 or 5. |
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> Obviously not possible if running systemd. |
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I did try it single user mode - it works but I rebooted when the |
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pressure came off just in case. Wanted minimal downtime. |
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BillK |
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