> > begin steve rader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > Here's another reason to avoid dd'ing whole partitions: since > > it copies the actual file system, it forces the destination > > file system to be exactly the same size as the source. > > > > In other words, if you dd a 2 gig file system into a 4 gig > > partition then you end up with a 2 gig file system (and thus > > 2 gig of disk space "disappears!") > > > > I now think Roger Oberholtzer is right: > > > > cd source; find . -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pvd destination > > > > appears to be the best choice for copying directory trees and > > file systems. > From: "David A. Bandel" > you'll want to avoid copying /proc and probably even /tmp. Look around > because there might be others you won't want to copy. Just be sure to > exclude them.
Why?? My install script does clean out /tmp and /var/tmp and truncates logs. But isn't /proc all ephemeral (built at boot and beyond?) steve - - - _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
