On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 10:32:41PM +1000, Matthias Oertli wrote:
> I need to copy the contents of a linux partition onto a bigger
> partition on a replacement harddisk. I'd like an exact copy with all
> the permissions intact, etc.
> Would a simple cp -a /oldhd/* /newhd/* do the trick is there a
> better way?
"cp -a" works fine - its only these old-worlder (preGNU) types who
resort to the "tar c | tar x" tricks ;)
(you may also want cp's -x option to stay on the one file system)
best to drop down to single user mode ("telinit s") first, to try to
make your source filesystem a little cleaner.
if its going to be a new root drive, make sure you update the new
/etc/fstab, /etc/lilo.conf, etc with the new root device - and
probably rerun lilo at some point
(my linux install has jumped across 4 drives (each increasing in size)
over the years - its very easy to do)
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- Gus
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