On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Freitag 19 Februar 2010, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'm currently rsyncing an OS (new gentoo install) from one vmware disk >> to a newly created one. >> >> I know not to copy /proc but not sure about /dev. Looking at an >> unbooted OS disk with an install on it... I see /dev/ is populated >> (with no boot up), but I recall seeing things during boot like >> `populating /dev' (I think). >> >> So should I copy it over to new disk or not? > > no. You just create /dev/null, /dev/console and /dev/zero. >
in my experience, only the /dev/null and /dev/console are required. what does the /dev/zero for? > Everything else is optional and not needed. > > man mknod will tell you everything you need to know. > > > -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/
