Re: [PLUG] copying a complete system to new HD

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@netaxs.com>]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:23:31PM -0400, Luis Baars wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 04:13:11 -0400 (EDT), Bill wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> >GNU cp is a wonderful thing.
> >
> >First, mount the new disk under, say, /mnt.  Then you'll need to make
> >directories such as /mnt/mnt and /mnt/proc, and any others that you
> >won't be copying for whatever reason.  Then, all you have to do, for
> >each directory other than the ones you already made on the new disk
> >(don't copy /proc, and obviously, don't copy /mnt), is:
> >
> ># cp -a /dirname /mnt/dirname
> >
> </snip>
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to use tar?  When you use cp, file perms, owners, and 
> groups get all screwed up....don't they?  I would probably use the following 
> command:

That's what the -a flag does on GNU cp.  Tar used to be the solution
to things like this, but my guess is that cp -a is faster because it
doesn't have to tar and untar everything.

Walt



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