From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jgnnh-0004a4-Ms for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:13:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F0E5E0B99; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:13:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.187]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C56E0B99 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:13:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b22so1288751rvf.46 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:13:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ux85yTuWO9BHHqkXlj1+qC7Vltsn8rS2nQmzy4ae4mw=; b=GFmNgycwpjTfAwn1sHV4nPeB6/ZX+yVElXp3Q5wMfLv1b8dDiHs0yMCT5kyP5bWpF8Z9p4i/HRqrZc7Ha2P8OhcnDyE80XOapj7qGMv/S3LZyN006o3g1vgFpT39g9jf7plLKu0WUhL2EH3AvEo6/SRi42sTIXHk++W9qraAlJw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Vd3tyj6RCPqXZLLyZDC08ilQTiUY/IIbXMhHQUlgffsmpy2e3ouoVTH5YE0ONFRynVcBNbdAoocxnHHo+BqVcGUyUbtzN1D4wVRETVvne8AmqivlgXDuz/HCvjay2vmYoIjl6BZrLKMEI6KWEYPyBncM3H6YxRnlirP8qMWtaBs= Received: by 10.140.144.4 with SMTP id r4mr4742341rvd.15.1207084427216; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:13:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.212.16 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:13:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4ef07b8c0804011413s707be75ald44359dada447234@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:13:47 -0400 From: "Dan Cowsill" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine In-Reply-To: <20080401215518.53976264@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47EFEEA6.9080402@gmail.com> <20080330210511.3421cd0d@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> <4ef07b8c0804011345x5aca0346hc034d95365a1bb91@mail.gmail.com> <20080401215518.53976264@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: fd11ec5c-bd6c-4f68-bb0e-699b98e3135d X-Archives-Hash: b71e3cfec937776f5b2d9e1a8df4a7da On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:45:49 -0400, Dan Cowsill wrote: > > > Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I had read that if you don't copy > > the files in /dev, udev won't mount properly on the machine you're > > cloning to and all hell will break lose. > > There are two files you need in the dev directory of the root > filesystem, console and null. Create those, or bind mount the root > directory as a;ready suggested. > > > > Also, iirc, I believe I > > tarred a running machine (including /dev, excluding /sys) and the > > clone was successful. > > There's no reason why it wouldn't be, but you're wasting a bunch of pace > and inodes on your root filesystem by putting a load of stuff in /dev > that is then hidden when udev starts. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Snacktrek, n.: > The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly > returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will have > materialized. > Oooh I see I see. Thanks! -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list