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From: "Hemmann
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Moving linux system to another partition
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:27:35
Message-Id: 200706081718.54067.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Moving linux system to another partition by Aleksey Kunitskiy
1 On Freitag, 8. Juni 2007, Aleksey Kunitskiy wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > Is it safe to move my linux system by using:
5 > #>cp -rp /mnt/old_part /mnt/new_part
6 > and approriate changes in grub.conf/fstab on new system location ?
7
8 nope.
9
10 cp -a if you really want to use copy. But doesn't kill that the ctime/mtime
11 making uninstalling things a pain?
12
13 When I moved around on harddisks some years ago, I followed some instructions
14 found on the suse-hp. And they used tar.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Moving linux system to another partition Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>