Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo install on Dell restore partition... live?

[Michael Higgins <linux@evolone.org>]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:52:20 +0100
Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:42:20 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> 
> > I assume you meant 'cp -ax' :P
> 
> I did, it's tar that uses -l for this.
> 
> > > rsync -ax / /root/hd/  
> > 
> > Well, /root/hd is empty so there's nothing to win with rsync other
> > than it being slower than cp.  But it does the job too, anyway.
> 
> It preserves directory time stamps, which cp does not. It's not slower
> because the destination is empty so the initial file scan takes no
> longer than with cp. Oh, and you can stop and restart it.
> 
> 

OK Guys, thanks for the tips. I'll be trying later this week, just in
case Saturday means a trip to the physical location. :(

Cheers,

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