Re: Moving to a new hd
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:06:53PM -0500, Jason Pepas wrote:
> i seem to remember reading that you have to use tar in order to get a
> complete copy of a filesystem. unfortunately i dont remember the
> details.
GNU cp has the "-a" option. I've copied my hd several times now using
cp -vax / /mnt
"x" is "don't cross mount points", and it's GNU too AFAIK.
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