On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:24:46 -0400, Sean Higgins wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if it's possible to move (or copy) the complete > > contents of /boot located on /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2. If so would > > anyone know the correct command so I pick up any hidden files ,etc. > > One way to do it is to do the following: > > mount -o ro /dev/hdb1 old > mount /dev/hda1 new > cd old > tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/
* doesn't match hidden files, so the copy will be incomplete. My favourite method is: rsync -a old/ new/ -- Neil Bothwick Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap! You choose.
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