Re: file system copying nightmare

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

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.

that's because you're TELLING cp and tar to copy /mnt.  * matches
everything, remember...so cp -af /* /mnt means copy everything in /
(including /mnt) to /mnt.

try just

cp -ax / /mnt

or 

tar clvf - / | ( cd /mnt; tar xf - )



--
craig sanders


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