let someone else deal with the Linux specifics . . .
Rob (and others)
As explained earlier, I'd like to to save Emma's music and tag files before shipping her off, so I won't have to re-rip over 200 CD when I Mark2 arrives. I'll ship off Emma with only its original 6GB disk and would like to use the 18GB drive that I added last month (and that I'll keep for Mark2) to move the necessary files from Emma's 6GB disk to (the same sized one of) Mark2.
This is what I have in mind:
First the 18GB drive needs to be read/write:
mount -n -o remount,rw /drive1
The MP3 files and tags are said to be in the VAR and FIDS directories;
save them in similarly named directories on drive1:
mkdir /drive1/varold
cp -v /drive0/var /drive1/varold
mkdir /drive1/fidsold
cp -v /drive0/fids /drive1/fidsold
Make the disk read-only again:
mount -n -o remount,ro /drive1
Later, when Mark2 arrives:
Install the second drive, load developer image, etc., and copy the files back
mount -n -o remount,rw /drive0
cp -v /drive1/varold /drive0/var
cp -v /drive1/fidsold /drive0/fids
mount -n -o remount,ro /drive0
and, if it all works, remove the old files:
mount -n -o remount,rw /drive1
rmdir /drive1/varold
rmdir /drive1/fidsold
mount -n -o remount,ro /drive1
Would this work??
Linux is a total mystery to me, thus any comments / advise appreciated
Thanks
Henno
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Henno
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