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.
Try this: cd /;find . -depth -print | grep -v "^/mnt" | cpio -pdlm /mnt - or this - umount /mnt;cd /; find . -depth -print >/tmp/root.dir vi /tmp/root.dir # assure no /mnt stuff, etc mount /dev/hdwhatever /mnt cat /tmp/root.dir | cpio -pdlm /mnt HTH - Ralph > > I would do it with the rescue disk, mounting the two partitions > as /mnt and /mnt2, except that the rescue disk (poorly named?) > seems to have a cut down cp with only -r, and no tar! > > Any suggestions? > > thanks, > Hamish > -- > Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 > CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary bought a pair of skates upon the ice to frisk now wasn't that a crazy way her sweet young *? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
