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On Fri Jun 8 16:38 , Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net> sent: |
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>This is something I have done several times. This is how I do it. |
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>Boot the Gentoo CD or some other live CD, Knoppix should work. After |
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>you get booted up, mount the partitions, old and new, then use this |
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>command: cp -av /path/to/old /path/to/new and sit back and watch it |
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>all scroll by. It may take a good while depending on how much stuff |
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>you have to copy. |
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>I'm not saying that someone else doesn't have a better idea. I have |
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>seen where people tar the stuff then untar it to the new drive. To me, |
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>it is a useless step. What I use has worked for me every time and I |
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>have done it quite a bit. |
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Yeah, that's me, I do exactly the same until you issue the cp command where I do: |
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$>cd /mnt/oldstuff && tar cvjpf /pathtosomewhere/mystuff.tbz ./ |
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and then extract to the new directory. I do this out of habit mostly and, yes, |
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it is a useless step unless you want to store a copy somewhere for whatever reason... |
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--James |
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