Move directory from one partition/device to another

[Mike McCarty]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>I'm a little at a loss to explain this thread's existence.
>>
>># du -hs /etc
>>61M     /etc
>># exit
>>logout
>>
>>Ok, it makes sense to move /home or /tmp to another disc, but
>>who cares about /etc? It's less than 100M on my machine.
> 
> 
> Sorry, Mike, but that's enough of an excuse for me to go off at a
> tangent. It's not aimed at you...

Nothing personal taken, I'm sure :-)

>>I'm a little at a loss to explain this thread's existence.
> 
> "Because I find it intellectually interesting."

I did mention that as a possibility :-)

> This is Linux. It's based on Unix, a system designed to give the user
> huge amounts of flexibility over the way it works. And it's
> re-implemented by hackers who wanted to make their computers do what
> they want them to do.
> 
> Now there are some things that are difficult: fixing some bugs, getting
> specifications to certain bits of hardware, stopping laws that take away
> freedoms, making software that does Just What The User Wants, or making
> a 486 do two billion instructions per second. But within that, Linux
> should be a system that a technically-minded person can understand, fix,
> and make it do what *they* want.
> 
> So if there are things you *can't* do, that's irritating. And a
> challenge.

Ok, fine. But then, why not design a different bootstrap and write your
own BIOS as well? Then you wouldn't be bound by the way the MBR and
partition table work.

:-)

[snip]

> convenience. But I am free to do things my way whenever I want.

Aren't we all!

Mike
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