* Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020319 04:14]: > On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, USM Bish wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 06:06:16PM +0530, Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . wrote: > > > ---end quoted text--- > > > > To make a replica of existing directory to another hard disk, > > after making the partitions, and mkfs, all that is needed is > > > > #cp -a <sourcedir> <destdir> > > > > All files, dirs, links and fifos with original ownerships and > > permissions would be copied. > > > > You may use "cp -dpR" as well. > > I did cp -a /home/spavri/ /mnt/cdrom/spavri/ > > but none of my hidden files or hidden directories were copied over. I then > did > > tar -cjvf backup.tar.bz2 * > > but still the same problem, none of my hidden files or directories are > being copied. Now what ? I remember using tar to backup and restore my > /home but it doesn't see to work now. Why ? >
I guess this is what you need http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html HTH dushyanth -- How about some patent | Dushyanth Harinath on "(a+b)2 == a2+2ab+b2" | Archean Infotech ... choose free software! | http://www.archeanit.com --some Usenet siggy | http://symonds.net/~dushy _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
