Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 8/10/06, Christoph Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Any info needed, please let me know. >> >> * Boot from a live-CD >> * mount old and new drive partitions >> * cd to the mountpoint containing the data to be copied >> * tar -cSp --numeric-owner -f - . | ( cd /mnt/NEW && tar xSpvf - ) >> * Drink coffee :) >> >> Worked for me more than once. >> > > Thanks Cristopher. I'll give it a try tomorrow morning. >
I always boot from the CD, mount both drives as above then do a cp -av /old/stuff/ new/stuff and it works. No tarring and such then. Still get to drink a cup of coffee though. O_O Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
