[1434] in RedHat Linux List
Re: [Fwd: Re: moving contents of hard drive]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Otto Hammersmith)
Mon Oct 28 13:15:47 1996
From: Otto Hammersmith <ohammers@cu-online.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 11:42:36 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <199610271620.LAA11084@redhat.com> from "Wierdl Mate" at Oct 27, 96 10:20:22 am
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Wierdl Mate wrote:
>
> >In comparision to "dd if=/dev/XXX of=/dev/XXX" the command structure you
> >propose seems very complex.
>
> So where does `cp -a' fail? (Besides probably crossing mount points)
>
> Thanks
I've had problems with cp (I do believe I was using -a... but I could
be wrong) when it hits /dev/zero. Ends up filling up the target
partition with one huge file of zeros.
I could be wrong about the options I used... I just ended using a tar
| tar deal.
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-Otto
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