Brian Kimball wrote: > Derek Broughton wrote: >> Brian Kimball wrote: >> > Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: >> >> If I copy the whole filesystem to another hard drive and rebuild >> >> the dpkg database, will it work ? Will dpkg be able to understand >> >> all the packages installed ? ... >> > Totally unnecessary. >> >> It _is_ totally unnecessary if he just has a single file system. >> What happens if he has separate /, /usr, and /var systems? > > Totally irrelevant. We're copying files, not filesystems.
Funny? I definitely see Ritesh saying "whole filesystem". -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
