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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Alan McKinnon [mailto:alan@××××××××××××××××.za] |
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> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 12:48 AM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Moving linux system to another partition |
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> On Friday 08 June 2007, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
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> > On Freitag, 8. Juni 2007, Aleksey Kunitskiy wrote: |
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> > > Hi all, |
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> > > |
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> > > Is it safe to move my linux system by using: |
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> > > #>cp -rp /mnt/old_part /mnt/new_part |
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> > > and approriate changes in grub.conf/fstab on new system location ? |
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> > nope. |
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> > cp -a if you really want to use copy. But doesn't kill that the |
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> > ctime/mtime making uninstalling things a pain? |
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> No. |
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> cp -a is equivalent to cp -dpPR |
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> and from the man page: |
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> -p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps |
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> What the OP *will* have a problem with a copying /proc, /dev, |
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> /sys and |
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> other virtual filesystems. When I do this trick, I usually dd |
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> or tar or |
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> cp -a entire filesystems and then copy / with this trick: |
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> mount -o bind / /some/tmp/dir |
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> cp -a /some/tmp/dir /some/other/dir |
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> This ensures that only files actually on-disk are copied |
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> alan |
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Is it possible to handle the tar process from inside a liveCD |
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environment, and just tar the mount points (i.e. empty directories) |
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for the virtual file systems instead of trying to tar the virtaul |
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file systems themselves? Afterall, they are recreated at boot |
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time, aren't they? |
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