On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:13:44 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > I'm in the process of rsyncing an OS to a remote file system. > > when rsyncing /sys to remote /sys... I get piles of errors
/sys is a virtual filesystem, like /dev and /proc. Even if you do succeed on copying the contents,you'll only waste space on the root partition of the new machine and the virtual filesystems will get mounted over them. On my desktop, one file in /proc is more that ten times the size of the root filesystem! Use the -x option with rsync to prevent copying these. -- Neil Bothwick Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
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