Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 00:27:16 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: Jeff Mohler <supra87t@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: best way to migrate to a new disk Message-ID: <200107080627.f686RGJ76468@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Jul 2001 18:44:14 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107071842230.58871-100000@beppo> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107071842230.58871-100000@beppo>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107071842230.58871-100000@beppo> Matthew Jacob writes: : tar cfl - . | (cd /altroot/<local_fs> && tar xpf -) Don't use tar. It loses devices, can't handle holey files well and a number of other minor clitches. Use dump instead. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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