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Then look at either dd, cpio or cp -R :)

Celestial Wizard wrote:

> do you how big /usr is????
>
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> Celestial Wizard
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> Richard Zack <richard@pantek.com> wrote in message
> news:37F433E9.D6C97D1@pantek.com...
> > > I have a new hard drive. And want to basically take the /usr directory,
> and
> > > throw it on that drive, and then mount the new drive under /usr.
> > >
> > > How do I get a copy of /usr , with all the links done properly?
> > >
> > > (cp -R didnt copy links properly (copied the file it was pointing too))
> > >
> >
> > I'd make a "tarball"!
> >
> > cd /usr
> > tar -cvv -f newfile.tar *
> > cp newfile.tar /newusr
> > rm -rf /usr
> > mv /newusr /usr
> >
> >
> > Richard Zack     <richard@pantek.com>
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