> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
Ignore the first (it dosent exist, it's really a virtual filesystem to
allow access to information in the kernel), and tar the others up,
something like:
"tar pO - /dev | tar pxv -C /mnt"
and:
"tar pO - /home/ftp/dev | tar pxv -C /mnt"
assuming the filesystem your moving it to is mounted on /mnt.
Bryn
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