[lug] Moving / partition to a new disk

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:48:54 -0600, P. Scott DeVos <scott at savingtree.com> wrote:
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> Zan Lynx wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 20:16 -0800, Michael Kahn wrote:
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> >>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.
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> > cp -a
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> or:
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> rsync -a

Yep. Just exclude the appropriate directories.


-- 
 Collins