Re: Moving Linux

DUPRE Christophe (duprec@jsp.umontreal.ca)
Sun, 24 Mar 1996 13:57:22 -0500 (EST)


On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, Eric F. Kahler (ekahler@mars.superlink.net) wrote:

> I'd like to move my existing linux system to another partition -- I've got a
> disk going bad.
>
> I've done "cp -rpPd" on all directoried except /proc, /dev, and /home/ftp/dev
>
> What should I do for these directories? No "cp" options seem feasable.
>

You do not have to copy /proc as this is a virtual fs.
For /dev & co, I've found that "cp -a" works well.

Christophe Dupre Universite de Montreal
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