Kevin J Poorman wrote: > I just got a new hard drive and wish to transfer my root fs to this new > drive as it is larger....
Assuming root (/) is a single partition, and /mnt another, you can do: tar clf - / | ( cd /mnt ; tar xpvf - ) Explanation: c : create tar file l : don't cross filesystem boundaries f - : output to stdout | : pipe the tar file ( group of commands ) cd /mnt : cd to other partition tar xpvf - : extract tar file here x : extract tar file p : preverse permissions v : be verbose (list all files as you extract) f - : grab tar file from stdin -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .