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 1Nl2PQ-0002MM-M1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:47:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A826E0864; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f182.google.com (mail-yw0-f182.google.com [209.85.211.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11817E0864 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh12 with SMTP id 12so88232ywh.10 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:46:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.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=qoLNFlkeKmt0VF1m28bxruIl6w8V1oFdOwaBD6p2owE=; b=U4bG8ciSxQa6Ibc9rC4gUwqC3EYwWwMqjUDj5PigwveMMHDSVa+kmUibnoQ0sG/CZJ KkSLyNp1C7hXvPJiDHB26E8MC2YnTKeAKyHIsYZvf88F4j18tp7SDNv+L9s3qeKPHXpv 6xhjtb241tfRl7wJQ9PNg48Bkm4ObWxOxgQ4M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AKo+mNxjyh0Vlrma5LTBh8hSvQ7OD/U8XVSP6OzzpIu5SWNt2CcqnmzR3yS+hw4Vtv dRFlynuhdqUnR6Z9DndUlOHt2TykPdkV6iALGYCy6azbFbMZIpToN+AWjpuzNZnYvASM Xe4ab7pyJP9c+QzZoBvf5U7eqja72fBKNmgsg= 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 10.101.133.38 with SMTP id k38mr837738ann.219.1267199181725; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:46:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3ac129341002260359h2066deeby135975b1d1b19368@mail.gmail.com> References: <87hbpdotge.fsf@newsguy.com> <3ac129341002212349j4eef1229p3bc266d29ef054ca@mail.gmail.com> <3ac129341002250959h2cb79081v74826f332ebae2d1@mail.gmail.com> <9ACEF0FC-6953-460B-924F-D6BC49BDE773@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <3ac129341002260359h2066deeby135975b1d1b19368@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:46:21 -0800 Message-ID: <854dca5c1002260746k48e40be4pcc4d4b6ece79add2@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk From: Kyle Bader To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c1fb9cd7-3fbe-47f0-ba15-ad24b4d17399 X-Archives-Hash: cd804f1dbd3b4a35a2e196d56e1f62dd > I opted to reinstall from source that machine, which wasn't exactly a > bad choice anyway. =C2=A0But as always, rtfm is good advice! =C2=A0Thanks= (not > sarcastic, except to mock myself). Another option other than rsync or dd is to use tar: tar cf - $old_dir | ( cd $new_dir: tar xf - ) tar cf - $old_dir | ssh $other_host "( cd $new_dir: tar xf - )" --=20 Kyle