On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:49:11 -0600, Dale wrote:

> >> I made a note of that command and will give that a try.  I'll also
> >> read the man page to see how to get it to skip /dev /sys /proc etc
> >> etc. 

> > That's what the -x is for.

> Thanks for the info.  As you may can tell, I have never used rsync
> before.  :/

Your portage tree must be very outdated by now :P

> Then again, since I will be booted from the CD, shouldn't
> they be empty anyway?  Except maybe for /dev/null and /dev/console I
> guess?


Yes, and that is a better way of doing it as you will copy the two files
in the underlying /dev. -x tells rsync to not cross filesystem
boundaries, so it will make no difference if you are working from a live
CD.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Exercise daily. Eat wisely. Die anyway.

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