Re: file system copying nightmare
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?
With the old root mounted at '/' and the new root mounted at '/mnt', do:
cd /
find . -xdev -print | cpio -padm /mnt
:
:
: thanks,
: Hamish
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