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On Freitag 19 Februar 2010, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> I'm currently rsyncing an OS (new gentoo install) from one vmware disk |
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> to a newly created one. |
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> I know not to copy /proc but not sure about /dev. Looking at an |
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> unbooted OS disk with an install on it... I see /dev/ is populated |
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> (with no boot up), but I recall seeing things during boot like |
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> `populating /dev' (I think). |
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> So should I copy it over to new disk or not? |
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no. You just create /dev/null, /dev/console and /dev/zero. |
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Everything else is optional and not needed. |
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man mknod will tell you everything you need to know. |
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