Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-04-08 Thread svenbartscher
;> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:19:46 +0100 > >>> From: Sven Bartscher > >>> To: BLFS Support List > >>> Subject: [blfs-support] moving lfs > >>> > >>> i want to move my lfs-system on a logical partition because i have > >>&

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-22 Thread Kenno Han
Pretty simple, I have been successfully copy a whole LFS system to another media without no problem. What you want to have is just another Linux distro running to make sure that the dev, proc, sys, and run folder to be populated. >From there, just tar it all and untar it anywhere else. This method

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Baho Utot
On 3/20/2013 3:04 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Armin K. wrote: >> >>> I am for tar approach, but in that case no need >>> for "dd" ... If you use "dd" you'll get a copy of your partition which >>> will be the same size as your partition - not cool if you want to resize >>> it. Jus

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Baho Utot
On 3/20/2013 7:24 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Baho Utot wrote: >> On 03/20/2013 03:04 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >> [putolin] >> >>> Let me also add that if you have a new disk, partition it using gdisk >>> to get a GPT Partition table. No more extended/logical partitions! >>> Only 128 primary partitio

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Baho Utot wrote: > On 03/20/2013 03:04 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > [putolin] > >> Let me also add that if you have a new disk, partition it using gdisk >> to get a GPT Partition table. No more extended/logical partitions! >> Only 128 primary partitions. It also keeps partitions on 1MiB >> boundaries

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Baho Utot
On 03/20/2013 03:04 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: [putolin] > Let me also add that if you have a new disk, partition it using gdisk > to get a GPT Partition table. No more extended/logical partitions! > Only 128 primary partitions. It also keeps partitions on 1MiB > boundaries which I find useful. --

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 09:46:51PM +0100, Armin K. wrote: > > Yes, I remember the issue when /dev/console and /dev/null nodes were > missing after backup with Debian 6 version of "tar" ... Sockets aren't > added either, but it prints a warning. I think though that device nodes > issue is fixed

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Armin K.
On 03/20/2013 09:51 PM, akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:33:48 -0500 >> From: Bruce Dubbs >> To: akhiezer , >> BLFS Support List >> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs >> >> akhiezer wrote: >> >>>- sockets,

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:33:48 -0500 > From: Bruce Dubbs > To: akhiezer , > BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs > > akhiezer wrote: > > > - sockets, devs, doors, the usual stuff: I interpreted the original > > problem >

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
akhiezer wrote: > - sockets, devs, doors, the usual stuff: I interpreted the original problem > sub-item spec as getting a byte-for-byte copy of the lfs partition(s) as-is, > and then restoring them. If instead it's loosened to not bothering about some > items/aspects and allowing/assuming their

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:28:37 -0500 > From: Bruce Dubbs > To: akhiezer , > BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs > > akhiezer wrote: > > > The reason I didn't mention tar is that on various systems and versions, it > > ca

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
akhiezer wrote: > The reason I didn't mention tar is that on various systems and versions, it > can (at least historically) be a bit fiddly to preserve some > permissions/ownerships/timestamps - depends on how much you're bothered about > that - and sometimes chokes on 'special' files: hence the u

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:44:10 +0100 > From: "Armin K." > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs > . . > > Please don't top post. I am for tar approach, but in that case no need > for "dd" ... If you u

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Armin K. wrote: > >> I am for tar approach, but in that case no need >> for "dd" ... If you use "dd" you'll get a copy of your partition which >> will be the same size as your partition - not cool if you want to resize >> it. Just extract the tarball on the new partition - work

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Armin K. wrote: > I am for tar approach, but in that case no need > for "dd" ... If you use "dd" you'll get a copy of your partition which > will be the same size as your partition - not cool if you want to resize > it. Just extract the tarball on the new partition - worked for me always. Yes, yo

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Armin K.
> Nicholas McCurdy-Luksch > mindwarpstud...@aim.com > > lf...@cruziero.com wrote: > >>> From blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org Wed Mar 20 18:26:50 2013 >>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:19:46 +0100 >>> From: Sven Bartscher >>> To: BLFS Suppo

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Nicholas McCurdy-Luksch
; From blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org Wed Mar 20 18:26:50 2013 >> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:19:46 +0100 >> From: Sven Bartscher >> To: BLFS Support List >> Subject: [blfs-support] moving lfs >> >> i want to move my lfs-system on a logical partition bec

Re: [blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread akhiezer
> From blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org Wed Mar 20 18:26:50 2013 > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:19:46 +0100 > From: Sven Bartscher > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: [blfs-support] moving lfs > > i want to move my lfs-system on a logical partition because i have &

[blfs-support] moving lfs

2013-03-20 Thread Sven Bartscher
i want to move my lfs-system on a logical partition because i have already four primary partitions on my drive and can't create any new but want a few more. So to do that i would: copy (with rsync) all the files from the lfs partition on another temporary partition (on another drive) delete the