Two changes: 1) Switch from cpio -pdum to pax -rw -p e. cpio -pdum requires find which isn't available on bsd.rd, while pax -rw -p e works fine on bsd.rd.
2) Use a more complete example. I'm not sure if there are other reasons to use cpio over pax. However, when I replaced I disk last night and tried to use cpio to copy partitions, I noticed that it didn't work on bsd.rd. Thoughts/OKs? Jeremy Index: faq14.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/faq14.html,v retrieving revision 1.202 diff -u -p -r1.202 faq14.html --- faq14.html 19 May 2010 12:41:02 -0000 1.202 +++ faq14.html 11 Jan 2013 20:19:16 -0000 @@ -638,8 +638,14 @@ Finally, add it to <p> What if you need to migrate an existing directory like /usr/local? You -should mount the new drive in /mnt and use <tt>cpio -pdum</tt> to copy /usr/local -to the /mnt directory. Edit the +should mount the new drive in /mnt and copy /usr/local to the /mnt directory. +Example: + +<blockquote><pre> +# <b>cd /usr/local && pax -rw -p e . /mnt</b> +</pre></blockquote> + +Edit the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fstab&sektion=5";>/etc/fstab(5)</a> file to show that the /usr/local partition is now /dev/sd2d (your freshly formatted partition). Example:
