> And I have a question too: It says you should use tar to copy. Is there a > reason why I cannot use "cp -ax"? I have used "cp -ax" a few times to copy > directories to other partitions and don't have experienced any problems.
Just be sure that the content is preserved, including the effect of leaving sym-links as sym-links. I have seen people use 'cp -R' and convert their sym-links into regular files (as referenced). The "-a" option may fix that problem. 'cpio' is another popular alternative to TAR. Here too, it may work as needed. I don't personally know. Clearly what Mark has on the web site is something that does work. (Aside from this little bug you found.) ;-)
