Re: [expert] obviously not very ...

[Andrea Celli]

Jacques Le Marois wrote:
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> Andrea Celli wrote:
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> > I tried also copying all files on HD (cp -rd /mnt/cdrom /opt/).
> > Installation starts, but eventually stops because "cannot find
> > symlinks".
> 
> Shouldn't it be cp -a /mnt/cdrom /opt/ to preserve the symlinks ?
> 

>From "man cp"

 -a, --archive
              Preserve .......   The same as -dpR.

The only difference is "p" but i don't think the owner is the matter.
Anyway I will try using "-a".

Bye, Andrea