I copy entire filesystems regularly... the best method to copy sda1 to
sdb1 I have found is (assuming it's /)..
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
cd /
for i in `ls | grep -v mnt | grep -v proc`
cp -dpR $i /mnt
done
mkdir /mnt/proc
mkdir /mnt/mnt
This filesystem will then be fine You can even tinker wit
On 19 Mar 1999, anoah wrote:
> are you familiar with the program \'dd\'?
>
> i use dd to copy the raw partitions ie /dev/sda1 to /dev/sdb1 on a couple older
> boxes.
I do this on our most important servers also, but you want to keep in mind
that you're (a) copying open filesystems and (b) copy
This is the command that works for me to copy an entire
disk.
tar cflps - / | (cd /mnt/tmp; tar xfps -)
mount dir of your new raid disk
It squawks about a leading /, but it works. I haven't even
looked it up to see what the man page says ab
you are wrong about not being able to mirror / you need the latest alpha raid
patches for this. as well as the latest raid tools from your local
ftp.XX.kernel.org mirror.
see the archives of this list, and esp the documentation that comes in the
latest raid 19990309 patches.
are you familiar wi
Hi everyone, let me introduce myself. My name is John Sinnott and I am a
system/network/database administrator. The boxes at the company where I
work have been primarily NT, but we are starting to phase in some Linux
boxes. My experience with Linux is somewhat limited.
I have just finished set
