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* Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2
  @ 2005-07-28  0:24 99% ` Sean Higgins
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From: Sean Higgins @ 2005-07-28  0:24 UTC (permalink / raw
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Richard,

On Wednesday 27 July 2005 08:53 am, Richard Watson wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to move (or copy) the complete contents
> of /boot located on /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2. If so would anyone know the
> correct command so I pick up any hidden files ,etc.

One way to do it is to do the following:

mount -o ro /dev/hdb1 old
mount /dev/hda1 new
cd old
tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/

                          Sean

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