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   Carlos E.R. to David W. Hodgins   
   Re: Installing Linus With Separate OS/Da   
   15 May 24 14:43:11   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-05-14 16:45, David W. Hodgins wrote:   
   > On Tue, 14 May 2024 09:18:42 -0400, Carlos E.R.   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-05-14 14:53, Paul wrote:   
   >>> On 5/14/2024 8:31 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 2024-05-13 16:39, David W. Hodgins wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Be careful of not to try to move something that is in use. If you   
   >>>>> want to move   
   >>>>> all of /home, boot from another os, such as using a live iso on a   
   >>>>> usb drive.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Or just login as root in text mode.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> A live ISO is easier to arrange. Having it on a   
   >>> USB stick, loads faster. I have one USB stick   
   >>> I use all the time, for this sort of stuff.   
   >>   
   >> To me, it is way faster not to reboot.   
   >>   
   >> In some machines the live USB stick takes 5 minutes to boot.   
   >   
   > In Mageia, "telinit 3" still works. Does it still work in other systemd   
   > using distributions?   
      
   "init 3" does certainly works in openSUSE Leap. "telininit" I do not   
   know, I do not use it.   
      
   >   
   > I normally use "telinit 1" before running my backups, and then reboot after   
   > running them. systemd-journal is still running, but with nothing else   
   > running,   
   > nothing is being written.   
   >   
   > Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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