Re: moving /usr to another partition

Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Diskspace is running low, so I'd like to move my /usr to another
> disk. I was told that cp -Rv is not a good idea and i should use
> dump instead. The problem is: That disk is big and half-full and
> I don't want to empty it. Is it possible  to let restore work to
> a directory instead of a disk? Im not sure after reading the man
> page, google doesnt know either and I dont want to find out "the
> hard way". So i guessed it couldn't hurt to ask...
> 
> If you have any hints or alternatives, please let me know!
> 
I have done the following in the past:

mount [new device] /usr2
cd /usr
find . -print | cpio -pdumv /usr2
(perhaps do an fsck at this point)
modify /etc/fstab to point to new /usr partition and reboot

Sven