I would want to copy my / to /mnt, and to avoid recursion exclude /mnt.
Code:
cp -avx / /mnt
If i use the above i believe it would run recursively, and end up in mess. So how to do it ?!
Basically this / is sda1, and /mnt is sda2 and sda1 is where only OS is available & currently booted.
Ultimately, my question is how to backup a path, by excluding a specific directory.
I cannot boot in Live CD and copy. Anybody have experience in doing this, and have some efficient way to do this ?
Hello All,
I have a Red Hat Linux 5.9 Server installed with one hard disk & 2 Partitions created on it as follows,
/boot - Linux Partition & another is
LVM - One VG & under that 5-6 Logical volumes(var,opt,home etc).
Here my requirement is to take out 1GB of space from LVM ( Any logical... (5 Replies)
hi all
while formatting hard disk i am getting following error.
Partition 1 ends at 266338338
It must be between 34 and 143374704.
label error: EFI Labels do not support overlapping partitions
Partition 8 overlaps partition 1.
Warning: error writing EFI.
Label failed.
I have formatted the... (2 Replies)
my directory structure is like below:
basedir\
p.txt
q.htm
r.java
b\
abc.htm
xyz.java
c\
p.htm
q.java
rst.txt
my requirement is i want to copy all the files and directories... (0 Replies)
Here's a conundrum. I use a ThinkPad (T30) which has a slot on the side for the hard drive. It is very easy to swap this with another hard drive which I keep as a backup. Now when I copy the Linux partition from my (in use) hard drive to the backup one (in my UltraBay slot) it takes only 30... (0 Replies)
This is now a larger script than I would customarily post. But many folks have become accustom to getting it off this forum.
Every couple of years I update my favorite scripts. This script is one that I use regularly and have posted older versions every couple of years. I noticed that it has... (3 Replies)
Hi
I want to copy the structure from one place to another.
-> cd /hol/;
-> find . -type d | cpio -pvdm /abc/cat;
while copying the structure I want to exclude some directories like test1 and Test.
I have read somewhere that this can be done with -prune option.
Could anyone... (2 Replies)
Hi guys,
I want to copy folder and sub folders only. I don't want the files. If i use cp -r command it will copy entirely with files.
Could any one suggest me.
Thanks in advance (1 Reply)
I'm not 100% sure if this was the right place to post in but here i go:
I'm attempting to migrate a physical windows disk onto my SAN through the use of the dd copy command. I'm booting into knoppix, running dd, and then bringing the server back up into windows running on the SAN. Everything... (2 Replies)
I've created a partition with GNU Parted, how do I mount the partition?
The manual information at http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html is good, but I am sure about how I mount the partition afterwards.
Thanks,
--Todd (1 Reply)
I presently backup my multi-OS multi-paritition boot drive (fedora core 4/ext3, WinXPServer/NTFS, WinXPHome/FAT32) with the command:
telinit 1; cp /dev/sda /dev/sdb
And this works.
Is there a command to only copy a single partition instead of an entire device?
And what about the grub... (12 Replies)
