On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 15:53 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Moreover, "cp -a" will copy the data from all mounted filesystems > under the starting point, so if you've mounted all original > filesystems (the rescue CD would offer to do that), you'd potentially > be copying more than just the original partition. The dd method does > not have this issue. Wouldn't you also potentially strike the problem of inappropriately copying /proc/ or /dev/ when using cp, if you just copied "/" to "/"? -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
