Ubuntu 8.10 (Gnome 2.24.1) I

greg — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:23:02 +0000

Ubuntu 8.10 (Gnome 2.24.1)

I did copy everything over as root. As well as editing fstab and using gparted as root.
The issue now is I cannot grant my second disk to give full access to other than root. I have execute and delete permissions, but clearly not all permissions.

I just noticed that even my primary disk with Ubuntu installed on states "permissions could not be determined" within the Properties -> permissions tab.

pr0gr4mm3r wrote:

This is a dangerous way to move your files.

yeah I knew that before I started, but I had no other options (and all important docs/client stuff are on the other HD and backup CD anyway) it was only stuff not too disastrous if lost.

What version/distro of Linux

pr0gr4mm3r — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:38:11 +0000

What version/distro of Linux are you using? You may have to copy the files as root. Regular users don't have permission to write to directories outside their home folder.

This is a dangerous way to move your files. If anything happens during the partition resizing (I have had ones that failed), you're screwed.