[ale] Weird dd error..

[Zhongbin Yu " <zyu at premtec.com>]

#cd / ; tar -cf /dev/stdout . | (cd /disk2 ; tar -xf /dev/stdin)

two small modifications, to a nicer ending:
1. using && instead of ;  to ensure that  next step only runs after a
succesful run the previous step
2. leave out /proc. otherwise, soon you will be in out-of-disk-space land.

In summary, something like:

mkdir /disk2 && mount /dev/newDrive /disk2
cd / && tar cvf - --exclude proc . |(cd /disk2 && tar xvfp -)

I wonder if you should exclude lost+found as well. It makes sense to copy 
old lost+found info over to the new drive along with the file systems,
however, I am worrying about the new drive will end with
improper-sized lost+found dir for its drive size. Any taker?

Thanks.

Jerry

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