Re: Transferring install to another HD
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:33:53PM +0100, Stephen Tait wrote:
> Gak! I've just thought. What do I do with all of the weird stuff in /proc
> and /dev? Will cp handle these things seamlessly, or will I have to create
/proc and /dev are virtual. What you should therefore do is omit these from
your cp. When you chroot into your new install you can do:
cd /dev && MAKEDEV generic
to create your /dev nodes.
> all the nodes etc manually, or do they get created automagically by the
> kernel?
You may (or may not) find the following of use to you:
http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/OneDiskToAnother
-- Thomas Adam
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