Re: cloning my debian install onto my new hard disk?
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On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 8:20 pm, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> Johan Ehnberg <johan@ehnberg.net> writes:
>
> I used to use the cp -ax method with great success, but more
> recently the -x option doesn't work. The following is copied from my
>
> bug report #168685:
> > cp -ax <target> <dest> does not restrict the copy to one files
> > system. If target is /, cp copies /home, even if it is on a separate
> > file system, and tries to copy /proc. Copying /proc fails, and stops
> > the copy.
> >
> > cp -a -x gives the same result as cp -ax.
> >
> > This problem is not new with the current version. I have experienced
> > it frequently in the past, but have been too lazy to file a report.
>
> Because of this issue, I had to use "find / -xdev | cpio -vdump /mnt"
> for my last system copy.
rsync -aHx seems to work fine for me.
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Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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