From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NilzD-00061O-TI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:50:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4976E06FA; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:50:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f176.google.com (mail-iw0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90C0CE06FA for ; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:50:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn6 with SMTP id 6so1176212iwn.10 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:50:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=37puJjniKBC6mdnmqd5U2JyQYkApFNXVfqa80P1uKEA=; b=uHNfItLOZ77WvpPX2gTDqW/lquACKjqDeiTa0Gpfpfg8Yt9gRZ7ytIeuBAOfOFbzuZ hpaI8KWDrBm5msrBtUshcE2eXsxtrT3/XChNGw0mtgMpjxU6wOffrMojAIpxUjwIAGUm 5YaBy8vsCIlX4vqcbXcY/qQIH9n+JiI087yGw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nx+It9fDPTtYR4nibprwWUeWZ+z5dlKfunXxDzOY/++7KxCwyAmEtYEUFaNmGSAqC/ uB96wuOYyoLwKKxlrpWXu4a9S3OVVE0XaFP0EgnLk/ShClS0Kn/leNlTSF61Wxq8RaCd qM3HmR6ZEaAGsj14YD5fkiDz+KPZzN2sJB0V8= 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 Received: by 10.231.147.70 with SMTP id k6mr2274964ibv.55.1266659440141; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:50:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201002192225.29528.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> References: <87hbpdotge.fsf@newsguy.com> <201002192225.29528.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:50:40 +0800 Message-ID: <53e35fd51002200150o4664418obfcb4531d084b838@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk From: Xi Shen To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 6ea5599f-92d9-4127-9b14-d1029e919af7 X-Archives-Hash: 99300761c6876a27eb6f4c78c591b1e1 On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann 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. =C2=A0Looking 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. > > > --=20 Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/