On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Ethan Benson wrote: : On 14/12/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : >they should be. I did a clean install onto this disk. The old disk : >ran for months with the stock kernel. When it wouldn't talk to the : >network, I cp -R'd /etc and /lib from the old drive. : : you might try (cd / ; tar -cvpf - lib) | (cd /mnt/ ; tar -xvpf -) : instead of cp -R change the cd command to the appropriate places, : tar does a better job preserving symlinks then cp does, actually i : think you have to use cp -a and/or -p for it to even attempt to : preserve symlinks, that would cause libraries to not be copied over : quite right. : : when recursively copying directories with links though tar is a much : better option IMO.
<religious issue> Another option that gives me minimum grief is to use cpio: mount /dev/target /mnt cd /src find -xdev | cpio -padm /mnt </religious issue> -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
