On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 10:45:53AM -0500, Gerald Brandt wrote: > Hi, > > I need to copy the data store over to a whole new computer, and I can't put > the old harddrive into the new system. > > I was thinking of using rsync with hardlinks over ssh to copy the data. > > 1. Will that work ? > 2. I'm not sure I know the command format to get it done.
I used : rsync -avPHx /var/lib/backuppc/. /mnt/biggerdisk/backuppc It behaves the same rermotely as locally so: rsync -avPHx /var/lib/backuppc/. newmachine:/mnt/biggerdisk/backuppc the /. is important Wayne -- Wayne Walker [email protected] (512) 633-8076 Senior Consultant Solid Constructs, LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
