> At 09:52 1/12/2004, you wrote: >>I use "cp -a" [...] doesn't offer any assurance that the files >>were copied correctly. If there are disk errors (bad sectors, etc) it >>is possible to end up with corrupted files. I've had this happen about >>10 times in the past 5 years. It was always caused by bad disks or poor >>connections. I always try to verify the copy before I destroy the >>original. That may be difficult in your case. > > So instead, use "rsync -av" or even check out the checksumming options for > rsync. Very powerful, good mojo. You might also want to take a look at the "Linux Crash HOWTO": http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Crash-HOWTO/index.html > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.simpaticus.com > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
