Re: [PLUG] Using tar to copy disk drives...

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 04:36:33PM +0000, qumak wrote:
> Hey, I know, we've discussed this before, and I'm sorry, but I can't seem to 
> remember quite how to do it and its giving me some wierd problems...

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO.html -- specifically,
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.6

In your case, I'd try something like the following:
(cd / && tar cf - $(ls -1 |egrep -v "mnt|proc") ) | (cd /mnt && tar xvfp -)

(You don't want to get /proc, either.)

Or specify which directories you want (I'm going by the list of errors you
got):
(cd / && tar cf - admin bin boot c d dev etc home lib lost+found misc net opt plugins proc root sbin sview test.test tmp usr ut.tar.gz utmp.dpfs var) | (cd /mnt && tar xvfp -)

-- 
Bill Jonas    *    bill@billjonas.com    *    http://www.billjonas.com/
"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others,  we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and
this we should do freely and generously."          -- Benjamin Franklin


______________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group       -      http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  -  http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug