Re: moving the root partition (esp. /dev)

[Pete Harlan <harlan@pointofchoice.com>]

> I'm trying to move all the files in my root partition to a different
> disk parition. I had no problems using cp -ar to do this with the /usr
> tree, but /dev is giving me problems. I can't seem to copy the devices

Don't give it the -r option; -a alone will suffice.  In particuar, -a
includes the -R option, which is what you wanted instead of -r (which
make all non-directory files into regular files: man cp).

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Pete Harlan
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