On Saturday 16 August 2008 00:05, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,15.Aug.08, 23:42:58, Shachar Or wrote: > > > AFAIU -x will prevent rsync from touching /proc, /sys and /dev, but you > > > will need the directories themselves to be present on the new root > > > partition, so I think it is better to omit -x *if* the system you want > > > to clone is *not* running. > > > > But wait - doesn't it copy the directories themselves, aka the mount > > points? > > Don't you need those as well?
Yes, those are needed. I didn't mean that they're not needed. I meant that I'm not sure that they get excluded; I think they may get copied with rsync -x. > > # mount /dev/sda2 /no-such-dir > mount: mount point /no-such-dir does not exist > > Regards, > Andrei -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]