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From: Florian Philipp <f.philipp@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ext3 with errors
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:01:36
Message-Id: 46FF7EB1.3020005@addcom.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ext3 with errors by Arnau Bria
1 Arnau Bria schrieb:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > My system runs on several ext3 partitions. Last times I restart it, it
5 > has fs errors, so I have to fsck it.
6 > Now, I have a new disk and I want to set a RAID1, but first, I'm
7 > wondering what to do to save my fs consistency. So, I want to copy data
8 > from old disk to new disk, but I'm not sure if I must do a cp -a or a
9 > dd. I mean, if I do a cp -a my new disk will have a new journaling, and
10 > if I do a dd, new disk will have same. Am I right? What do you
11 > recommend?
12 >
13 > And, following with this, any guide to configure a RAID1 with a system
14 > already installed?
15 >
16 > TIA,
17 > Arnau
18
19 Just a small note: When you are using cp -a, keep in mind that something
20 like cp -a /home/user/* doesn't fetch files and folders that are hidden
21 (for example .vimrc). I've lost all my settings that way when I migrated
22 my /home :(
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Re: [gentoo-user] ext3 with errors Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>