> So far I haven't succeeded. I haven't been able to confine tar's action to > a single filesystem (so that directories linked to directories on other > filesystems, on the other system drive, will not be copied. Included is the > linux boot filesystem, /dev/hda2. I basically want the current drive > duplicated to the new drive, with larger partitions, and another partition.
Hello... I do this lastweek: Mount new partition mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd2 /mnt List a directory find /bin -depth > file.bin Copy cpio -p -v -d -u /mnt < file.bin Doing find / -depth > file and cpio -p -v -d -u /mnt < file seems not work at all: I get file /mnt/bin/bash : data. Sorry for the bad english. Angel Vicente Perez Dpto. Informática KNIPPING ESPAÑA S.A. Tfno. +34-1-6070-311 Fax +34-1-6070-331 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]