New RAID setup

We finally got a RAID at our school and I am going to move all our data over to it. I'd like to know the best way to move the directories without having permission problems and such.
As it is now:
Main G5 Server with 2 hard drives.
disk 1 - OS
disk 2 - User directories
G4 Server with 2 hard drives.
disk 1 - OS
disk 2 - Group folders
I would like to have it like this when I am done.
Main G5 Server with 2 hard drives and RAID attached.
disk 1 - OS
disk 2 - OS mirror
RAID - User directories and Group folders
Do I just copy the directories over first then change the pointers or is there more to do?
Thanks

First make sure the new volume is setup for using ACLs. Don't setup shares yet.
Copy using something that understand ACLs and that doesn't halt on errors.
Connect the G4 in Firewire Target mode to the G5 and then do the copy (make sure priviledges are kept - show info on the volume when connected).
Then setup the new shares (remove the old shares first if you want to use the same share names as before). Priviledges should be intact on the copied folders/shares.

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    Revision 1.01 (February 2004)
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