Re: [cobalt-users] Is there a way to copy and move the entire con tents of the Hard drive

[Mark Engelhardt <marke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 12/2/00 9:21 PM, Frank Johnson at frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Here is an example of the error messages received when trying to tar the
> whole server for mirroring.
> 
> tar: Cannot add file /proc/3/exe: No such file or directory
> tar: Cannot add file /proc/3/root: No such file or directory
> tar: Cannot add file /proc/3/cwd: No such file or directory
> 
> (clipped)
> tar: Removing leading '/' from absolute links
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


Frank,

I have successfully backed up and restored a Raq3i,  and i think you do not
need the /proc directory.

And I ignored the Removing leading '/' from absolute links error with out
problems.


This HOWTO applies pretty well,

http://linux-rep.fnal.gov/howtos/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html

You do not need to worry about lilo. The raq firmware finds the new
partitions without any extra tricks.

If you are doing things remotely, then avoid this step:

/sbin/telinit 1 

It gives control to the console, and you would need a terminal on the serial
port to continue. 


Mark Engelhardt


> 
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