On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:00:22 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > If $old_dir is the root partition, I would bin-mount it first to > somewhere else, so other directories mounted to it > (especially/dev, /proc and /sys) are not copied: > mount -o bind / /mnt > old_dir=/mnt
Or use the --one-file-system option for tar. -- Neil Bothwick I locked my coathanger in my car; good thing I had a key.
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