Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:12:28 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ext3 -> fbsd Message-ID: <20030111211228.GA13157@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <15904.31413.95743.309046@guru.mired.org> References: <20030111145859.GA28066@nagual.st> <3E202C89.3080306@potentialtech.com> <20030111160708.GA3152@nagual.st> <3E205F43.3080508@potentialtech.com> <15904.31413.95743.309046@guru.mired.org>
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On 11 Jan Mike Meyer wrote: > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> typed: > > Use 'cp -Rp /old/part /new/part' to maintain as many perms as > > possible. > > No, *don't* use cp for this. That will cause hard links to turn into > multiple files. Instead, use tar: > > (cd /old/part; tar cf - .) | (cd /new/part; tar xpf -) I think I'll go for this solution. That way all I do is *read* the ext2 part (safe), so this should do what I want. It sure is a lot of data, mostly mp3's and kind of a software archive for the winboxes. People at home expect me to give them this share back in a healthy condition. The don't care for the main OS on the server ;-)) -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.7 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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