[lug] Moving / partition to a new disk

[P. Scott DeVos]

Zan Lynx wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 20:16 -0800, Michael Kahn wrote:
> 
>>So, what is the magical collection of command switches
>>that would ensure that the copy into the new partition 
>>creates a faithful copy of the old partition's file
>>structure? Since the new partition size will be larger than
>>the old partition, I am not seeking a sector-by-sector image
>>type of copy.
> 
> 
> cp -a
> 

or:

rsync -a