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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:24:46 -0400, Sean Higgins wrote: |
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> > Can anyone tell me if it's possible to move (or copy) the complete |
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> > contents of /boot located on /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2. If so would |
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> > anyone know the correct command so I pick up any hidden files ,etc. |
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> One way to do it is to do the following: |
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> mount -o ro /dev/hdb1 old |
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> mount /dev/hda1 new |
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> cd old |
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> tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/ |
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* doesn't match hidden files, so the copy will be incomplete. |
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My favourite method is: rsync -a old/ new/ |
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Neil Bothwick |
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