On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 02:26, Ron Johnson wrote: --snip-- > So you have > /dev/hda1 / > /dev/hda2 /usr > /dev/hda3 /var > > that you want to clone to /dev/hdc1, /dev/hdc2, /dev/hdc3. > > You must mount, the hdc partitions, as, for example: > /backup/hdc/1 > /backup/hdc/2 > /backup/hdc/3 > > Thus, when you copy files from hda to hdc, any absolute symlinks, > or symlinks which have relative references that go "up and then > down", will remain pointed back to their original files on hda. > > Symlinks that have multiple redirections (with mixtures of relative > and absolute to make things even messier) also must be considered.
Taking the above scenario and using my previous gcc example with gcc being a symlink, and gcc-3.2 being the actual file: /dev/hda1 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-3.2 /dev/hdc1 /backup/hdc/1/usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-3.2 - this one is ok /dev/hda1 /usr/bin/gcc -> /usr/bin/gcc-3.2 /dev/hdc1 /backup/hdc/1/usr/bin/gcc -> /usr/bin/gcc-3.2 - this one isn't Shut down the machine, swap drives, or just move the drive to the new machine (as I believe the OP intended to do) and mount /dev/hdc1 as /. /dev/hdc1 /usr/bin/gcc -> /usr/bin/gcc-3.2 - Now we're ok again. Unless the idea is to keep /dev/hdc1 mounted as a backup drive (e.g. /backup/hdc/1) in which case the symlink considerations come in handy. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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