[ale] Hard Drive Upgrade

[Nick Lucent]

(cd /source/directory && tar cf - . ) | (cd /dest/directory && tar xvfp -)

used it a couple times, works great

Nick


On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Jim Lynch wrote:

> dump 0f - /usr | (cd /mnt && restore xf -)
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> (for instance)
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> Jim.
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> > At 11:44 AM 11/25/98 -0600, Bob Kruger wrote:
> > >Actually, it is an issue of time (the amount that I can spend with it).  I
> > >would prefer just to initially install the new drive as a slave, partition
> > >and format, mount, and then do some type of copy that will insure all of
> > >the links are kept.
> > 
> > 	This was a question I came across myself.  I've got a live server that I
> > need to upgrade the root partition on, but don't want to take down the
> > server for any appreciable time.
> > 
> > Please let me know as well.
> > 
> > Thanks!
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