Re: Additional HardDisk

peter_at_vratny.at
Date: 04/12/04

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    Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:26:25 +0200
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    Hi

    On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 10:46:00AM +1200, Steve wrote:

    > > user cp -a instead!
    >
    > actually, it would be better to use something like cpio or tar, you will
    > run into issues with cp if it finds certain device special files (like
    > /dev/zero) that have been created in the /var filesystem (it should be
    > safe to expect these to not appear within /home but you never know.. :-) )

    Yes_ you're right. But definitly_ at least I do know .-)
    /dev/md0 on /home type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,grpquota,usrquota)

    I'd use tar for this_ but I didn't want to confuse the op_ because it
    seems_ he's quite a beginner. I just wanted to avoid the mistake of
    copying without preserving any permissions because in the case of /var
    this can be very heavy stuff to rebuild...
    (and /home may not be funny, too...)

    ys
    Peter 

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