Re: Problems with my HD
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On Sun, 28 May 2000, Kevin Blackham wrote:
> On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 11:08:18PM -0300, Helber wrote:
> > I´m having some phisical problems with my hard drive.
> > How do I transfer all my data from a hd to another.
>
> I've done this using "tar cvp * > outputfile" and then extracting the archive
> to the new, mounted drive. You'll need some temporary space, so I usually
> just put the outputfile on the new mount.
Then you can better use named pipes, then you won't need tempspace
mkfifo /tmp/somenamedpipe
on <newdrive>: tar -zxvf /tmp/somenamedpipe
and in another shell, while the above is running...
on <olddrive>: tar -zcvf /tmp/somenamedpipe <files/dirs you want copied>
You can also use the tools 'mirrordir' and 'copydir', they are in the same
package, and they copy (or copy with delete) one directory tree to
another, in a minimal way (Compare timestamps, don't copy if even..)
Mark Janssen Unix Consultant
Unix Support Nederland / PSInet Netherlands
E-mail: mark@markjanssen.homeip.net GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178
http: markjanssen.homeip.net www.markjanssen.nl www.maniac.nl
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