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You are looking far too deep .... |
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just rsync -avP to /newusr |
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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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The --numeric-ids is a good idea but I've made my systems consistent |
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with the standard gentoo id's so that's no longer a problem. |
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Ive done this many times over the years, and to the system I am writing |
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this on many times (moving to lvm2, restoring from backups after disk |
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failures, restoring from backups after user failure - rm -rf /usr !) |
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If you need to practice, run up a vm and test/destroy :) |
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You have got the disk space, so if you have a backup its reversible so |
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don't be a wimp :) |
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BillK |
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On 03/12/13 05:36, Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 02 Dec 2013 20:40:28 Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> On 2013-12-02 2:41 PM, Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>> That is why I recommend using the option --numeric-ids. |
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>>> And using it would not hurt anyway. |
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>> Right... poison pointed this out... |
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>> This is why I asked for help about the arguments. |
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>> I honestly don't care about superflous/unnecessary arguments, I just |
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>> want to make sure I use at least the ones needed for this to work. |
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>> Thanks... |
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> The comment about --numeric-ids that Thanasis made is valid. I messed up some |
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> fs of mine last time I used rsync, when I wasn't paying much attention! I |
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> made a mental note to always use it in the future. On the other hand, if |
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> you're not that comfortable with it, a quick trial run with a test filesystem |
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> will offer some assurance that your chosen command and options will work as |
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> you intended. BTW, you do not *have* to use rsync: |
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> cp -a |
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> will do the same. |
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> su - |
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> cd /old_usr |
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> tar --one-file-system -cf . | (cd /new_usr ; tar -xvpf - ) |
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> will also do the same. |
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> Finally, star -copy is my favourite faster alternative to copying directories, |
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> inc. respecting any acl's and the like if you specify it in the options: |
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> su - |
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> star -copy <options> -C /old_usr . /new_usr |
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> Then you can also add -diff to see if any file was not copied correctly (use |
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> star diffopts=!<option> to exclude things like ctime, or you'll drown in the |
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> noise of the output). |
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> Speaking from experience I suggest that you do not blast your old /usr away |
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> until you have booted with /usr mounted in the new location and have verified |
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> that ownership and access rights are as you expected. |
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