Re[4]: [expert] Moving linux to a different, larger drive

[Rusty Carruth]

"M. Osten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > RC wrote: 
> > ...I *do* know that cp has a
> > tendency to FOLLOW softlinks (and COPY, not reproduce, hard links),
> ...
> cp -a

maybe its just on Solaris that cp -a follows links.  Hmm...
Yup, that's the problem.  Solaris copy even read from pipes!
(Unless you tell it -R instead of -r)

Sometimes using different *nices can be a problem!  :-)

rc