I'd also have expected cp -a to work. Sorry, I can't say what the problem with that is, but my next try would be rsync.
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Tim Evans <tkev...@tkevans.com> wrote: > On 05/28/2014 09:36 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> I'm planning on moving the Fedora-20 system on my laptop >> to a new hard disk (500GB instead of 80GB). >> I've partitioned the new disk. >> When I copy partitions from the old disk to the new one >> with "cp -a" (running under a Fedora Live CD) >> I get a lot of messages of the form >> diff: a/bin/acroread: No such file or directory >> diff: b/bin/acroread: No such file or directory >> >> All the messages concern symbolic links. >> I see in "man cp" that "cp -a" included >> "--no-dereference never follow symbolic links in SOURCE" >> >> Does this mean cp is not an appropriate way to copy partitions? >> I thought of using dd, but the partitions are not the same size, >> and I was not sure if this would cause problems. >> > > > find | cpio pipelines work well here, using cpio in 'pass' mode. See the > man page. > > > -- > Tim Evans | 5 Chestnut Court > Linux/UNIX Consulting | Owings Mills, MD 21117 > http://www.tkevans.com/ | 443-394-3864 > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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