tar -cpf - /olddisk/* | tar -C /newdisk -xf -
Have fun.
HOWTO: Have fun with tar
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HOWTO: Have fun with tar
by C.Brutail » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:47 am
While trying to transfer your system to another drive:
tar -cpf - /olddisk/* | tar -C /newdisk -xf -
Have fun.
tar -cpf - /olddisk/* | tar -C /newdisk -xf -
Have fun.
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by divVerent » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:27 am
What went wrong apart from what can be fixed by cd /newdisk/olddisk; mv * ..; cd ..; rmdir olddisk?
Never using tar for that... I prefer rsync -xvaSHP /olddisk/. /newdisk
Never using tar for that... I prefer rsync -xvaSHP /olddisk/. /newdisk
1. Open Notepad
2. Paste: ÿþMSMSMS
3. Save
4. Open the file in Notepad again
You can vary the number of "MS", so you can clearly see it's MS which is causing it.
2. Paste: ÿþMSMSMS
3. Save
4. Open the file in Notepad again
You can vary the number of "MS", so you can clearly see it's MS which is causing it.
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by C.Brutail » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:30 am
Everything got overwritten by itself, but resulting files that contain no data. All of init scripts, the whole boot directory, everything.
I only hope ~ hasn't got damaged, so I can restore my settings.
I only hope ~ hasn't got damaged, so I can restore my settings.
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by dfkgmasdfnasodrg » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:27 am
that rsync command looks really good, making a note of it
but can that be used for roots? e.g. will it ignore proc dev sys
but can that be used for roots? e.g. will it ignore proc dev sys
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by ZyanKLee » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:22 am
rsync has a feature to ignore certain elements given in a file
btw, when booting the system from a live-cd for this matter (might be a very good idea) there should be nothing at least in /sys, /proc - and what exists in /dev is needed to be there
btw, when booting the system from a live-cd for this matter (might be a very good idea) there should be nothing at least in /sys, /proc - and what exists in /dev is needed to be there
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by divVerent » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:22 am
C.Brutail wrote:Everything got overwritten by itself, but resulting files that contain no data. All of init scripts, the whole boot directory, everything.
I only hope ~ hasn't got damaged, so I can restore my settings.
Why? Does tar do such things because /olddisk/ is an absolute path? I didn't expect tar x to be THAT bad... wouldn't that be a security hole when extracting tarballs from the internet? Or did /newdisk maybe not exist yet?
1. Open Notepad
2. Paste: ÿþMSMSMS
3. Save
4. Open the file in Notepad again
You can vary the number of "MS", so you can clearly see it's MS which is causing it.
2. Paste: ÿþMSMSMS
3. Save
4. Open the file in Notepad again
You can vary the number of "MS", so you can clearly see it's MS which is causing it.
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by ZyanKLee » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:28 am
tar --help:
or in english:
perhaps that was the problem - you did not use a file, but a pipe (stdout - stdin)
-f, --file=ARCHIV Archivdatei oder Gerät ARCHIV benutzen
or in english:
-f, --file=ARCHIV use archiv file or device ARCHIV
perhaps that was the problem - you did not use a file, but a pipe (stdout - stdin)
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