From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:50:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53e35fd51002200150o4664418obfcb4531d084b838@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201002192225.29528.volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Freitag 19 Februar 2010, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I'm currently rsyncing an OS (new gentoo install) from one vmware disk
>> to a newly created one.
>>
>> I know not to copy /proc but not sure about /dev. Looking at an
>> unbooted OS disk with an install on it... I see /dev/ is populated
>> (with no boot up), but I recall seeing things during boot like
>> `populating /dev' (I think).
>>
>> So should I copy it over to new disk or not?
>
> no. You just create /dev/null, /dev/console and /dev/zero.
>
in my experience, only the /dev/null and /dev/console are required.
what does the /dev/zero for?
> Everything else is optional and not needed.
>
> man mknod will tell you everything you need to know.
>
>
>
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Best Regards,
David Shen
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-20 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-19 20:34 [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk Harry Putnam
2010-02-19 20:58 ` Daniel Troeder
2010-02-19 21:25 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-20 9:50 ` Xi Shen [this message]
2010-02-22 7:49 ` daid kahl
2010-02-25 17:59 ` daid kahl
2010-02-26 1:06 ` Stroller
2010-02-26 11:59 ` daid kahl
2010-02-26 15:46 ` Kyle Bader
2010-02-26 16:00 ` Alex Schuster
2010-02-26 18:13 ` Kyle Bader
2010-02-26 23:25 ` Neil Bothwick
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