From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Efraim Flashner Subject: Re: moving /gnu to different disk Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:14:34 +0200 Message-ID: <20160113131434.5887b13f@debian-netbook> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/GzGCugG68U8+lJ9=KBXSm1C"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59249) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aJJO2-000692-IK for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:14:47 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aJJNy-0001mw-98 for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:14:46 -0500 Received: from flashner.co.il ([178.62.234.194]:56031) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aJJNy-0001ms-24 for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:14:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: carl hansen Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --Sig_/GzGCugG68U8+lJ9=KBXSm1C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:39:02 -0800 carl hansen wrote: > Rather than trying the following, I thought, "Why not ask first?" >=20 > Due to the sizes of various hard disks in my machine, I want to move /gnu > to /directoryondifferentdisk/gnu > and then do > mount --bind /directoryondifferentdisk/gnu /gnu >=20 > (I have already formed a superstition that > ln -s /directoryondifferentdisk/gnu /gnu > won't work) >=20 > I see a vast collection of hard links in /gnu/store/.links... >=20 > I forsee problems when copying /gnu, not reproducing hard links > but reproducing the data. >=20 > Are my fears founded? How to proceed? > Or better to start over with new installation of gnux and /gnu? When I moved mine from / to a new partition I did `cp -a` and it all worked= well. --=20 Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D = =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted --Sig_/GzGCugG68U8+lJ9=KBXSm1C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWljGaAAoJEPTB05F+rO6Tq3IP/AjcFzitioi8hDo3v/hZfpRH BybtDWar5yGHIzRQz19OjO2RX8sXy2uGeZP/z962qf38RU0M8FrTYuPWBLKzMufE C1aIBDa2pabeoFZ4xYjevIfTGbN1rzwFY5mpAyB25CJpkgxkzqiPxHNOrAte6lXv d2cMk4ipAgg5UPs1/dwjrRmMuLY+XGdFyCtuqFif1ZIGKHN0UnxBmcqswvv2r4St W4UXkPz9eAoYiEFZ9bGKGN585iXVJygofaNotWp4uQKDl3TBV1v7k6np1C9P7XKO VX2xATaQpmj3dS85ZwoVkmpjhBkbRxm/gm3BwCpJ/4BdeC+JtFrN34VrdvJGOqup Q7QrIA60XuXBRMzJVkUggvoZBhzf2aIq8GlGbIzQTUg/b2x1lc2YZY0m0u/9JbJ3 +CyTGJie9nYT+lkdjNelOTYqxtzqDvI3nwYIz6mTM7aq1i3qck9kAIgwFgrmrjq6 U6V5bLkApuMTXybWiHOdALhA8hhR/mQKjVmB449Z0eFpbN5NsucJRmGBYDehymXl Nex6gorU6bK7SEN0vKOz1rilUiIgCVKntMuPwgDC78GToh+jn6FFXwvwOtARgEPs F2RPDQCON4suFmPkC6HIsdHXhcmhlH+jLY+3SB334ee+lQSmwCWC8As0RR/bLTAP ijGt8GXVAL+cOdE1XEJT =2srs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/GzGCugG68U8+lJ9=KBXSm1C--