Well I do appreciate all the help. I never got to try it out, though. There 
were other problems and I didn't have time to relearn a new OS, even if it 
WAS based on Slackware. I ditched it and installed Slackware, like I should 
have done from the beginning. 

I'm saving these notes, though... never know when they could come in handy...

Siri Amrit

On Friday 24 September 2004 10:11 am, Rob Wultsch wrote:
> Oppps.
> cp -R /home/* /crap
>
> Good catch.
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:44:27 -0700 (PDT), Jeremy C. Reed
>
> <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:
> > > In order to format it you need to do a:
> > > su
> > > mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda3
> > > next you need to mount it somewhere and copy your home over:
> > > mkdir /crap
> > > mount /dev/hda3 /crap
> > > cp -R /home /crap
> >
> > This will copy "home" directory itself. So when you later mount hda3, you
> > will get "home/home".
> >
> > Maybe use a wildcard (assuming no hidden files in /home/ top level
> > itself). Or use rsync with trailing slash for source, like:
> >
> > rsync -a /home/ /crap  ## need slash after home
> >
> > Or use cpio:
> >
> > cd /home && find . | cpio -pm /crap
> >
> > (Or use tar.)
> >
> > > umount /crap
> > > rmdir /crap
> > > next you need to edit your /etc/fstab. Email that out if you need help
> > > with that.
> >
> >  Jeremy C. Reed
> >
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