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 :/ Your portage tree must be very outdated by now :P 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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