On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Angus Lees wrote:
> 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 ;)
I've had "cp -a " hang trying to copy /dev/console.
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