On Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 12:39:36AM -0500, John Paul Lorenti wrote: > I'm trying to move all the files in my root partition to a different > disk parition. I had no problems using cp -ar to do this with the /usr > tree, but /dev is giving me problems. I can't seem to copy the devices > in /dev. I get messages like "cp: /dev/sdh3: Operation not supported by > device". MAKEDEV doesn't seem to create all the devices, or set the > proper file ownerships. Is there anyway to do this other than > re-creating the hundreds of them by hand?
When I make boot/root disks I use: cp -dpR /dev /mnt -- Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
