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On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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<volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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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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in my experience, only the /dev/null and /dev/console are required. |
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what does the /dev/zero for? |
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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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Best Regards, |
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David Shen |
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