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From: Sean Higgins <sean@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:21:33
Message-Id: 200507281706.09015.sean@systura.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2 by Neil Bothwick
1 > > tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/
2 >
3 > * doesn't match hidden files, so the copy will be incomplete.
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5 Neil,
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7 Interesting. I had not thought about that. I did use the above to recreate
8 my hard drive from one hard drive to another one. It worked well, I guess I
9 lucked out that I did not have any hidden files in the "old" directory.
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11 Sean
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2 River Yan <riverfor@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2 Andreas Fredriksson <deplinenoise@×××××.com>