From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 4 12:20:52 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id MAA29384 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 12:20:52 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA29356 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 12:20:39 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA08391; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 21:34:18 +0200 Message-Id: <199501041934.VAA08391@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier ROBERT) cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replicating system. Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 21:34:18 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Now - (thinks) How do I best copy the contents of the two disks to the > > new SCSI? I have done this before by tar-ing to a tape and restoring, > > but a file or 10 in /var/... got bust. Same for dump-ing to a tape. > > cd srcdir; tar cf - . | ( cd /dstdir; tar xvfpB - ) OR > > cp -pR . /dstdir OK - this short-circuits the tape out of the loop. What happens to files with multiple links - major waste of disk space? > > (I recall that one of the problem files was a socket(?) in > > /var/run/printer= with mode srwxrwxrwx) > > Doesn't matter, /var/run/printer is recreated at each boot as /var/run > is emptied at boot time. Good to know. What is this anyway? (Iknow, the name says it all, but I cannot fit it into the lpd/lpr/printcap scheme. If its in the man pages, I'll bloody shoot myself...) -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200