Re: file system copying nightmare
tar is broken to stdout in bo, you need to get the tar in bo-unstable for
it to work.
cp will never work ... it breaks when you get to /dev ;)
also, have a look at dump and restore.
On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> I'm having a nightmare trying to copy my root file system to its
> new home. If I mount the original as / and the new one as /mnt,
> both
>
> cp -ax /* /mnt
>
> and
>
> ( cd /; tar clvf - * ) | ( cd /mnt; tar xf - )
>
> attempt to copy /mnt anyway, and /proc too. ie, the -x and -l switches
> to cp and tar respectively appear to be ignored.
>
> I would do it with the rescue disk, mounting the two partitions
> as /mnt and /mnt2, except that the rescue disk (poorly named?)
> seems to have a cut down cp with only -r, and no tar!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> thanks,
> Hamish
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