-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > mount the new device (mount -odev /dev/newdevice), and do a > rsync -ax / /media/newdevice.
What exactly is the advantage of this approach over "cp -a" or "mv"? I would have suggested mv. It has the useful property that you can easily spot aborted transfers by the fact that the original device is not empty afterwards. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkvBymgACgkQ+VSRxYk440+GBQCgq0EvrFUI7Hm4A8Q73ncz7KTF 51UAn0weYuo1nka6TqTxggBp4Y/tzA8O =QZnM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
