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From: Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:47:20
Message-Id: 854dca5c1002260746k48e40be4pcc4d4b6ece79add2@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk by daid kahl
1 > I opted to reinstall from source that machine, which wasn't exactly a
2 > bad choice anyway.  But as always, rtfm is good advice!  Thanks (not
3 > sarcastic, except to mock myself).
4
5 Another option other than rsync or dd is to use tar:
6
7 tar cf - $old_dir | ( cd $new_dir: tar xf - )
8 tar cf - $old_dir | ssh $other_host "( cd $new_dir: tar xf - )"
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10 --
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12 Kyle

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Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org>