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Meino Christian Cramer wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> my harddisk begins to sound a little "strange"...I fear I have to |
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> buy a new (bigger) one. |
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> When I have to copy my current / to another harddisk, which has a |
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> different physical layout of partitions and another overall size -- |
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> how would I do this best (conserving as much of the information |
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> of the old root as possible) |
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> Is cp -a sufficient ? |
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> In this case is conservation of information more worth than |
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> performance for me. |
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> Thank you very much for any help in advance ! |
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> gen2! :) |
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> mcc |
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Here is my favorite way, I tar them over |
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cd /mnt/source |
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tar cf - . | (cd /mnt/destination && tar xBfp -) |
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See man tar for the flags. |
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http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/lpt/18_16.html |
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Phil |
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My Home Page: http://fancypiper.info |
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Our 2nd CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/naomisfancy |
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Naomi's Fancy: http://www.naomisfancy.net/ |
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