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

[Colin Smith <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Mark Engelhardt wrote:

> 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.

Yes, the /proc file system is a virtual file system, it does not contain
real files. The files found in the /proc filesystem contain information
about the currently running system. You don't need it.

"Removing leading '/' from absolute links" isn't an error. It just allows
you to restore the tar file to a directory other than '/'.

regards,
Colin Smith