How copy /usr contents to a new partition?

[Jon Ingason]

Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I want to copy /usr to a new partition and then attach that at /usr. I  
> issued a command
> 
>     cp -options(recursive included) /usr /mnt/"mountpoint
Try
       cp -rp /usr/* /mnt/"mountpoint"

-- Jon