On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:32:24 +0200 (CEST), Meino Christian Cramer wrote: > When I have to copy my current / to another harddisk, which has a > different physical layout of partitions and another overall size -- > how would I do this best (conserving as much of the information > of the old root as possible) > > Is cp -a sufficient ?
I always use rsync for this, it preserves directory timestamps, which cp does not, and can be stopped and restarted if necessary. rsync -ax(v) /mnt/oldpartition/ /mnt/newpartition/ The trailing slashes matter! -- Neil Bothwick Use Colgate toothpaste or end up with teeth like a Ferengi.
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