Tyrone wrote:
> So, I just want to copy the files and direcotries
> under /, but I don't know how to do this since this
> would include special directories such as /dev /proc
> etc..
Use recent versions of tar, which will save and restore the /dev
directory correctly. Forget about /proc - it is recreated at every
boot.
But untar to a new partition to check everything out before
committing.
You can e2fsck your / partition if it is unmounted from another Linux
partition or a tomsrtbt floppy.
Perhaps simpler yet, as root make sure that the / partition is set to
0 1 in your /etc/fstab, use the tune2fs utility to change the
max-mounts-count to 1 (tune2fs -c 1) and reboot. This will run
e2fsck on / before mounting it.
Or just wait for the next mount count to be reached.
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Regards,
Ron. [AU]
