You don't do this much so you forget. I just moved a number of
large directories from one ext2 filesystem to another and it works just
great. I decided from where to where exactly and then as root typed:
cp -a here.directory there.dirctory
This copies the specified directory and all subs to the there defined
directory.
It should work for any files but there might be some link problems
if you break things into many partitions. Please let us know how it turns
out.
On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, kd5de wrote:
> Well I am a bit embarrassed having to ask what is really a newbie question
> and it is way off subject for this list. I need to move a Linux systems
> from a small drive to a large drive. I have it all set up in mount have no
> problem with lilo and all the other info in the howto but need a bit of
> info on how to use cpio to move the whole mess. The old drive has only two
> partitions I have broken the new drive up to several. I think that cpio
> would be the best bet but heck I haven't figured out the syntax to do it.
> Could someone on the list give me the proper syntax to make this move that
> would perserve all the links, permissions and directory structure in on
> command.
> Mel
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Best wishes
- Karl F. Larsen, 3310 East Street, Las Cruces,NM (505) 524-3303 -
