> I would think that 'rsync -a' would be better than tar. Thanks - I'll investigate rsync. > Also, I would > boot a LiveCD (unfurtonately, Knoppix does not have RAID or LVM support, > IIRC) and do it from there that way you can keep all your partitions > unmounted unil you are ready for them and you do not risk further > corruption by moving stuff over from a running system, as would be the > case if you had some sort of database running.
Well, I have plenty of free space on hdb, so I could put in a small Etch install there and boot it to do the copying (or rsyncing). At least I have everything in a separate, corruption-free install now, so I should be able to do much harm no matter what I do to hda and hdc. Thanks -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
