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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:32:24 +0200 (CEST), Meino Christian Cramer wrote: |
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> When I have to copy my current / to another harddisk, which has a |
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> different physical layout of partitions and another overall size -- |
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> how would I do this best (conserving as much of the information |
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> of the old root as possible) |
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> Is cp -a sufficient ? |
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I always use rsync for this, it preserves directory timestamps, which cp |
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does not, and can be stopped and restarted if necessary. |
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rsync -ax(v) /mnt/oldpartition/ /mnt/newpartition/ |
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The trailing slashes matter! |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Use Colgate toothpaste or end up with teeth like a Ferengi. |
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