Re: cp -a

2004-06-27 Thread Offer Kaye
aamehl wrote: Hi I looked this up and I still don't understand it. I am following directions that tell me to do the following: cp -a /usr/. /mnt/card man cp tells me that -a means archive. but what archive means I don't get. Also what does the . (dot) do? Archive: don't follow

cp -a

2004-06-27 Thread aamehl
Hi I looked this up and I still don't understand it. I am following directions that tell me to do the following: cp -a /usr/. /mnt/card man cp tells me that -a means archive. but what archive means I don't get. Also what does the . (dot) do? The terminal output I get is strange as

Re: cp -a hangs (wait_on_buffer)

2003-03-03 Thread Shaul Karl
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 10:09:40PM +0200, Elie wrote: > Anyone? > > I tested the drive on Windows 98 in the same machine (dual boot) and there > are no problems. Can anyone think what would cause this? btw, its a 91360u4 > (not 931...). > > -EW Maybe there is a physical damage only to the Lin

RE: cp -a hangs (wait_on_buffer)

2003-03-03 Thread Elie
, 2003 8:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cp -a hangs (wait_on_buffer) Hope someone can help Model Maxtor 13 gig 93160U4 I am having problems transfering my file system from disk 1 (hdb) to disk 2 (hdc). cp -a hangs under apparently random conditions. A look at ps shows that cp in

cp -a hangs (wait_on_buffer)

2003-03-02 Thread Elie
Hope someone can help Model Maxtor 13 gig 93160U4 I am having problems transfering my file system from disk 1 (hdb) to disk 2 (hdc). cp -a hangs under apparently random conditions. A look at ps shows that cp in waiting_on_buffer and other processes such as kupdated are also waiting for data