Florian Philipp wrote: > Arnau Bria schrieb: >> Hi, >> >> My system runs on several ext3 partitions. Last times I restart it, it >> has fs errors, so I have to fsck it. >> Now, I have a new disk and I want to set a RAID1, but first, I'm >> wondering what to do to save my fs consistency. So, I want to copy data >> from old disk to new disk, but I'm not sure if I must do a cp -a or a >> dd. I mean, if I do a cp -a my new disk will have a new journaling, and >> if I do a dd, new disk will have same. Am I right? What do you >> recommend? >> >> And, following with this, any guide to configure a RAID1 with a system >> already installed? >> TIA, >> Arnau > > Just a small note: When you are using cp -a, keep in mind that > something like cp -a /home/user/* doesn't fetch files and folders that > are hidden (for example .vimrc). I've lost all my settings that way > when I migrated my /home :(
That's odd, mine does. That's what I use to do back-ups on my system and it get all the .* files and directories. I have my back-up mounted at /mnt/gentoo and this is a list of my root user directory: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # ls -al /mnt/gentoo/root/ total 1128 drwx------ 29 root root 4096 2007-09-29 00:54 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2007-09-29 01:26 .. -rw------- 1 root root 11467 2007-09-27 15:15 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11 2006-10-01 21:39 .bash_login -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11 2006-10-01 21:39 .bash_logout drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2007-05-03 07:21 .ccache -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4487 2004-05-10 07:37 CFLAGS-script -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40304 2007-01-08 04:21 config drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2007-03-18 06:11 .config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43453 2007-06-25 23:09 config-2-6-20-r8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1045 2006-11-18 03:07 cruft.removal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 279 2005-12-20 13:57 dalek.revoke -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1360 2007-08-29 06:38 Data.kdar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55 2007-09-27 17:47 .DCOPserver_smoker__0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-09-29 00:54 .DCOPserver_smoker_:0 -> /root/.DCOPserver_smoker__0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32520 2007-04-10 03:16 dead.letter drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2007-09-09 04:50 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-01-19 04:56 .distcc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10213 2006-09-04 04:03 elog -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3011 2006-10-30 03:25 elog-list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 877 2006-09-10 15:38 emerge-script drwxr-xr-x 2 500 500 4096 2005-07-18 15:59 enotice-0.2.9.1_alpha -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25347 2006-04-20 22:46 etc-portclean -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 768 2006-10-20 01:52 fahback -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 153361 2006-10-18 01:43 finstall4.9 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2006-10-20 01:52 foldingathome -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 854 2007-01-29 17:41 .fonts.cache-1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1256 2006-08-22 00:12 fragck.pl drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2007-08-07 13:45 .gconf drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2007-08-07 13:59 .gconfd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8240 2006-09-05 18:50 genscript.sh drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2007-09-18 22:41 .gimp-2.2 drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2006-12-09 14:17 .gnome2 drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2006-12-09 14:17 .gnome2_private drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2006-12-11 22:51 .gphoto drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-11-29 00:49 .gstreamer-0.8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67 2007-09-23 21:34 .hplip.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 544 2007-07-31 06:58 .htoprc -rw------- 1 root root 2284 2007-09-27 17:47 .ICEauthority drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2006-11-27 00:03 .kde -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2006-08-03 09:23 .keep -rw------- 1 root root 35 2007-07-30 04:05 .lesshst drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2006-09-14 04:03 .local drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2007-09-18 22:15 .macromedia drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2006-09-14 04:04 .mcop -rw------- 1 root root 31 2007-09-28 04:16 .mcoprc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 2007-06-03 00:18 minicom.log drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2006-12-17 02:37 .mozilla drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-06-13 13:15 .mplayer drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2007-08-18 17:48 .ooo-2.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23540 2004-05-10 08:20 prune-script drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-09-13 22:51 .qt -rw------- 1 root root 14491 2007-09-18 22:41 .recently-used -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31133 2007-05-02 13:18 recompile-remaining-packages drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-05-12 23:00 rep4.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1232 2007-09-26 02:06 .revdep-rebuild.0_env -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 377327 2007-09-26 02:06 .revdep-rebuild.1_files -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18877 2007-09-26 02:06 .revdep-rebuild.2_ldpath -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105 2007-09-26 02:10 .revdep-rebuild.3_rebuild -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 2007-09-26 02:10 .revdep-rebuild.4_ebuilds -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 2007-09-26 02:10 .revdep-rebuild.5a_status -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 2007-09-26 02:10 .revdep-rebuild.5b_status -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 2007-09-26 02:10 .revdep-rebuild.5_order -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 2007-09-26 02:10 .revdep-rebuild.6_status -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157 2006-12-13 18:09 .screenrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 2006-12-13 18:09 .screenrc~ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2006-10-02 20:13 .scribus -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39712 2004-08-15 08:05 server.save drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2007-06-26 00:45 .ssh drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2007-09-29 00:53 .thumbnails -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 506 2006-05-17 19:39 USE-vaild-script -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1329 2007-08-29 05:25 Wallpapers.kdar drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-12-22 02:53 .wireshark -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-06-26 23:16 .xauthClejoT -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-06-26 16:43 .xauthHe7jsL -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-04-10 01:08 .xauthhYnCuf -rw------- 1 root root 51 2006-12-27 17:19 .xauthiFJTYh -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-09-06 03:32 .xauthIQEJV1 -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-09-27 19:04 .xauthiXectC -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-09-28 15:13 .xauthmpYx4r -rw------- 1 root root 0 2006-09-13 10:10 .Xauthority -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-03-04 13:15 .xauthpdEPUu -rw------- 1 root root 51 2006-12-27 17:19 .xauthQ1QG5o -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-03-18 23:21 .xauthvUHiuD -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-09-27 17:47 .xauthWrAMse -rw------- 1 root root 51 2007-03-02 11:02 .xauthyTPJ6s drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-07-17 23:44 .xine [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # Ideas on why mine does and yours doesn't?? 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