On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:45:49 -0400, Dan Cowsill wrote:
>
> > Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I had read that if you don't copy
> > the files in /dev, udev won't mount properly on the machine you're
> > cloning to and all
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:45:49 -0400, Dan Cowsill wrote:
> Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I had read that if you don't copy
> the files in /dev, udev won't mount properly on the machine you're
> cloning to and all hell will break lose.
There are two files you need in the dev directory of the root
> Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I had read that if you don't copy
> the files in /dev, udev won't mount properly on the machine you're
> cloning to and all hell will break lose. Also, iirc, I believe I
> tarred a running machine (including /dev, excluding /sys) and the
> clone was successful
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:48:54 -0400, Hal Martin wrote:
>
> > You cannot use tar unless you create an exclude file, as it will copy
> > the contents of /dev and /sys, which means the entire contents of RAM,
> > and anythin
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Neil Bothwick wrote:
| Rsync may work, or it may complain that files have changed between
| building the list and copying them and you'd need to use -x to do the
| same as -l with tar. Either way, shut down as many services as possible
| during the c
Benyamin Dvoskin wrote:
It is a running gentoo system in this case
But it doesnt make a difference to me. I want to know generally.
anyway I will try what everyone wrote here and we'll see how it goes.
Thanks again.
Btw You can also do a
mount --bind / /mnt/something
and then you will see
It is a running gentoo system in this case
But it doesnt make a difference to me. I want to know generally.
anyway I will try what everyone wrote here and we'll see how it goes.
Thanks again.
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Benyamin Dvoskin wrote:
> > Hi A
Benyamin Dvoskin wrote:
> Hi All ,
>
> I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy
> it to another physical machine , while the original system is still
> running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to
> shutdown the system are not acceptable )
>
> S
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:48:54 -0400, Hal Martin wrote:
> You cannot use tar unless you create an exclude file, as it will copy
> the contents of /dev and /sys, which means the entire contents of RAM,
> and anything that is currently being generated by your devices will be
> copied as well.
>
> Per
Hello
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:29:39PM +0300, Benyamin Dvoskin wrote:
> I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy it to
> another physical machine , while the original system is still running (
> means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to shutdown the s
Benyamin Dvoskin wrote:
> Hi All ,
>
> I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy
> it to another physical machine , while the original system is still
> running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to
> shutdown the system are not acceptable )
>
> So
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