Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:35:21 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: RPD <zula@distance.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: copying/duplicating disks: replacing IDE with scsi Message-ID: <19980625133521.29606@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980624184831.29163U-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 06:49:31PM -0700 References: <358F5048.5F556D4C@distance.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980624184831.29163U-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 06:49:31PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, RPD wrote:
>
> > I have just added a scsi drive to my system, is there a way to cp
> > everything from my IDE drive to my SCSI drive. Basicly looking to just
> > duplicate everything from my IDE drive to my SCSI drive and take my IDE
> > drive right out of the box. Any information would help.
>
> cp -p -R /disk1 /disk2
>
> -R is recursively copy, -p is preserve permissions.
So why is copying sometimes done with tar instead of cp?
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
sue@welearn.com.au
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