On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:48 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > What the OP *will* have a problem with a copying /proc, /dev, /sys > and > other virtual filesystems. When I do this trick, I usually dd or tar > or > cp -a entire filesystems and then copy / with this trick: > > mount -o bind / /some/tmp/dir > cp -a /some/tmp/dir /some/other/dir > > This ensures that only files actually on-disk are copied
You could also pass, '-x' to cp and rsync or '--one-file-system' to tar. -- Albert W. Hopkins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
