Re: Migrating /home from too small /dev/hda partition

> According to Vance Lankhaar,
> > Try using rsync --archive. It can recover from partial copies. After
> > all, it was written with the idea of *syncing* in mind.
> 
> Ah, yes, but better to think ahead.
> 
> My point was that it's better to copy and make sure the new
> copy is ok, rather than move and leave a directory tree in a 
> possibly awkward half-moved state with a key partition now
> totally full.  But you are right, rsync is a good way to
> recover if you've done it, and I have.  Once burned...

I also find that it is a good way to do the copy in the first place, but
that's mainly because I am so familiar with it, that rsync is more
natural to type than cp ;)

Vance