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From: Mark White on 11 Jan 2010 20:12 What's the best way to move the files from a root mount point to another partition while in single user mode? I am trying this: find / -xdev -print0 | cpio -dvmp --null destinationmountdir/ But I keep running out of space - the root partition has 6 gigabytes, the destinationmountdir/ has 8 gigabytes free. I am assuming cpio is just not the right way to migrate. Any ideas? Thanks! mw
From: David W. Hodgins on 11 Jan 2010 21:02 On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:12:52 -0500, Mark White <mwhite198823(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > What's the best way to move the files from a root mount point to another Most likely it's trying to backup /proc and/or /sys, which are pseudo filesystems. Try ... rsync -axSX --exclude="lost+found" / destinationmountdir/ Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: Stephane CHAZELAS on 12 Jan 2010 07:54 2010-01-11, 21:02(-05), David W. Hodgins: > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:12:52 -0500, Mark White <mwhite198823(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> What's the best way to move the files from a root mount point to another > > Most likely it's trying to backup /proc and/or /sys, which are > pseudo filesystems. Try ... > rsync -axSX --exclude="lost+found" / destinationmountdir/ [...] Not with -xdev. Other possible explanations are hard links or sparse files that are not created the same of the destination. You could use pax or tar. star is meant to do a good job at preserving everything. -- St�phane
From: Mark White on 12 Jan 2010 08:24 > pseudo filesystems. Try ... > rsync -axSX --exclude="lost+found" / destinationmountdir/ Hello Dave, I tried the above, and it worked like a charm. Thanks! I'd still have been curious to know what exactly went wrong with cpio...
From: David W. Hodgins on 12 Jan 2010 14:00
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:24:29 -0500, Mark White <mwhite198823(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> pseudo filesystems. Try ... >> rsync -axSX --exclude="lost+found" / destinationmountdir/ > > Hello Dave, > I tried the above, and it worked like a charm. Thanks! Glad it helped. > I'd still have been curious to know what exactly went wrong with cpio... As Stephane posted, it could be links being copied as seperate files, or sparse files being expanded. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |