Subject: Re: copying a system
From: Troy Benjegerdes (hozer@drgw.net)
Date: Tue Dec 28 1999 - 11:36:11 MST
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Phil Kirschner wrote:
> hey gang. i asked this a little while ago, but i never got an
> answer. how can i completely copy a system from one partition to
> another, so that i can boot from the new partition?
>
> is this anymore complicated than a "cp" command?
not really.. 'cp -av' is my favorite (it preserves permissions, etc)
tar also works nicely.
>
> " Ill believe computers can think when you ask one question
> and it replies, "That reminds me of a story. "
>
> -Gregory Bateson
>
>
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