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Re: Possible to copy and resize at the same time?
From: |
Andrew Clausen |
Subject: |
Re: Possible to copy and resize at the same time? |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:24:05 +1000 |
David Ranch wrote:
>
> >This might be faster;
> >
> >(cd DIR; find . -depth -mount -print | cpio -pdlmu DEST)
>
> Why would this be preferred or faster than:
>
> tar cPf - / /bin /usr /var <blah> | (cd /mnt/mnt; tar xvPf -)
>
> Is this just a religious thing like vi vs. emacs?
I guess so! BTW: why do you need to have /bin if you already have /?
(Isn't it recursive?!)
> >> dd boot (make the new disk bootable)
> >
> >Probably won't work. Purpose?
>
> So if the master 10GB disk failed, I could put
> the 9gb in its place, reboot, and LILO will boot, etc.
> I'm not positive it would work though since the
> disks would have different geometry. Worth
> a try though.
You need to reinstall lilo for it to work, since the physical location
of /boot/* might change. Use "chroot [root-mount-point] /sbin/lilo"
Andrew Clausen