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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo install on Dell restore partition... live?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:10:23
Message-Id: 20080715080936.7aee5ebc@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo install on Dell restore partition... live? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:43:33 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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3 > 'cp -a' your existing / to your target / (except /dev, /sys and /proc).
4 > If you mounted your target / as /root/target, you do:
5 >
6 > cp -a /usr /root/hd
7 > (repeat this for all directories in your current /
8 > *EXCEPT* /dev, /proc, /sys and /lost+found)
9 >
10 > mkdir /root/hd/dev
11 > mkdir /root/hd/proc
12 > mkdir /root/hd/sys
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14 Or replace all this with one command
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16 cp -al / /root/hd
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18 or, my preference
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20 rsync -ax / /root/hd/
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25 Neil Bothwick
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