Osamu Aoki wrote: > > I am just curious :-) (No flames against cpio) > > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:48:29PM -0500, Bryan Andersen wrote: > > > > copy /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdb1? > > > > > > mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt > > > cd <mountpoint of /dev/hda1> > > > find -xdev | cpio -padm /mnt > > > > This is the preferred method to copy partitions. Some files don't > > copy properly with cp or tar, and dd dosen't deal with different > > partition sizes. In general dd is bad due to bad blocks. Many > > new disks remap out bad blocks, but they still can develop over > > time and not be mapped out by the HD's internal controller. > > Hi can you enlighten us who uses "tar". What files "tar" can not but > "cpio" can copy? Are those arguments true for GNU tar? > > pipe, softlink, hardlink, device nodes,...????
Named pipes and files with holes in their block allocation. -- | Bryan Andersen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.nerdvest.com | | Buzzwords are like annoying little flies that deserve to be swatted. | | -Bryan Andersen |
