[plug] imaging HD

[Richard Meyer]

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                      Cameron Patrick                                                                                                 
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                                                 Subject:  Re: [plug] imaging HD                                                      
                      03/01/2003 11:29 AM                                                                                             
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>On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 10:42:39AM +0800, Richard Meyer wrote:

>| Now, I don't have access to a *nix* machine at work, but it goes
something
>| like this
>| tar cvfz / | tar xvfz   (but I strongly suggest you look thru the man
pages
>| to prevent the second hard drive from being tarred too, and being passed
>| thru to the extract side.)

>Try 'tar clf - / | tar xpf -'; the compression will just slow
>things down and the 'p' helps to preserve permissions and such.  'l'
>forces tar to stay in one file system, which means that /proc and such
>don't mess things up.

>CP.

;)  Yes, that's what I meant by suggesting he read the man pages. Also if
he compresses it, the pipe needn't be so big *vbg*. But you are right the z
option will just slow it down - habit, I guess. Knew there was an option to
force tar to stay in the filesystem, but forgot what it was - also forgot
about the 'p' option - thanks.

Cheers
RichardM