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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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> > 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, /sys and |
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other virtual filesystems. When I do this trick, I usually dd 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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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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