On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 11:33, Tim wrote: > 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 "/"? Avoid it by using the --one-file-system option, whether you are copying with cp, rsync, or tar. That will also keep you from wandering into mounted CDs, DVDs, NFS mounts, etc. Just be sure you do each filesystem you want. Note that you generally do want to copy /dev and it won't be on a separate filesystem. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
