Re: copying a file system across the network

2001-01-02 Thread kmself
on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:04:13AM -0900, Ethan Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 08:27:05AM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: <...> > here is a fun trick: > > tar cf - / | ssh -C host 'cd /mnt; tar -xf -' > > ssh -C enables compression which is think is default anyway.

Re: copying a file system across the network

2001-01-02 Thread Cory Snavely
I always use srchost% cd /srcdir srchost% tar cf - . | ssh desthost "cd /destdir; tar xBf -" - Original Message - From: "Lindsay Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:10 AM Subject: copying a file system across the network > > Past messages have detai

Re: copying a file system across the network

2001-01-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 08:27:05AM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: > > I'd suggest one of two methods: > > 1) 'umount ; tar c > / > partition.tar' -or- 'umount copied: ie /proc>; (tar c / | gzip -9) > partition.tar.gz' if you've got > more CPU power than network bandwidth. > 2) and I'm not sure ab

Re: copying a file system across the network

2001-01-02 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # # Past messages have detailed how to copy a file system from one drive to # another, but now I need to do it across the network. Of course I need to # preserve soft and hard links and device files. # # I do have a tape device here, but at 525Mb it's

Re: copying a file system across the network

2001-01-02 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, ha shao wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 06:10:22PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Past messages have detailed how to copy a file system from one drive to > > another, but now I need to do it across the network. Of course I need to > > preserve soft and hard links and

Re: copying a file system across the network

2001-01-02 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 06:10:22PM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote: > I do have a tape device here, but at 525Mb it's nowhere near big enough > for the job. I have ssh but not rsh. What about scp? Secure copy over ssh through all your network! Cu, Sven -- Sven Hoexter Earth - Germany - Leverkusen e

Re: copying a file system across the network

2001-01-02 Thread ha shao
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 06:10:22PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Past messages have detailed how to copy a file system from one drive to > another, but now I need to do it across the network. Of course I need to > preserve soft and hard links and device files. > > I do have a tape device h