On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 19:18, stefmit wrote: > On Thursday 31 July 2003 04:14 pm, Bill Mullen wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > /etc/fstab: > > > > [snip] > > > > > /dev/hde10 /holding ext3 user,defaults 1 2 > > > > [snip] > > > > Yup. Get rid of that "user," option. Unmount and remount (as root). Then: > > > > rm -fR /holding/* > > cp -a /usr/* /holding/ > > > > That should give better results. > > I see that everybody insists in this cp -a issue. As I said in my previous > emails, directed to Anne only: cp is NOT the best choice of doing this. I had > problems in the past caused by hardlinks, I think even device files (when > cloning a whole disk), etc. If you ever decide to recopy those, please try: > > # find <directory_to_be_copied> -depth -print | cpio -adpuvm > /mnt/your_new_disk
Oh I didn't say cp -a was the best but cp had been mentioned... so ....... > > with minor variations (pruning undesired paths, before piping to cpio, or > removing some of those options (at a minimum -puvd, though)). > > NOTE: Pruning would be necessary when cloning a whole disk (replacing > <directory_to_be_copied> with "/"), for things like /mnt, /proc, ... > > > Stef > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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